MascaratumB I really appreciate all your efforts here .
I have no idea why your camera was overcompensating ? or why your beamshots weren't showing what visually you were seeing . l picked the Thorfire TK4Aone of my uglier green tinted XPL-2 with a smooth reflector with a bunch of throw to show on a white wall how dramatic the change is from before and after adding a single sheet of diffuser film
Hey, sorry Boaz! I really had a big trouble with the cellphone as I mentioned so that’s the thing, my photos were not showing what the diffusers really make in “naked eye” perception!
I wanna say sorry to all the members that saw it and thought that it was a “nice” thing, but it was not! After Boaz pictures I realized that, we’ve been talking through PM and then came my decision to delete the threads!
I hope I can to better beamshots to really show what these diffusers can make
Again, sorry for this situation and I hope you (all) understand! I wouldn’t fail if I wasn’t human
Best regards :+1:
Received DC-Fix from Boaz today. It was applied to two Maglites; ML300LX and ML50LX. Fortunately, it's easy to unscrew the top of Maglites, so the DC-Fix was applied to the inside of the lens.
Beamshots are from the ML300LX:
As you can see, this vastly softens the Maglite beam. Note that I turned this photo into black & white, as it was almost impossible to get the color tint the same as it looked to the naked eye, and wasn't important anyway.
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And the final product. Our recent snow here in Oregon was good for something.
I was pretty excited to see that this diffuser film KILLED the green on these thorfire lights. pretty impressive .
sadly when I tried it on some funky green NW ut01 lights it didn't work ..So on some tints it will knock out green ..In every light it will blend all color in the beam .
On really ugly beams like xpg-3 with a poorly adapted reflector you can have a crazy amount of yellow in the hotspot and a silly amount of purple in the corona .and it just blends it all together and makes a much much better tint.
I’m guessing that the greatest impact is just because of the proper mixing of all the colors .
- One of my worst lights had a Big Black Hole right in the center of the hot spot , as well as crazy rings in the beam and the same yellow hot spot and a purple halo . Pretty cool to see a really nasty beam turn out buttery smooth and the color go from bad to very acceptable
One thing I like about diffuser film is it softens up the edges of the beam.Where an aspherical lens zoomed out into full flood has a distinct edge that separates light from darkness.
I used to think I liked that dramatic cut off of light and now I think it just draws my eye to it. The softer edge allows me to look where I want and doesn’t force my eye .Sounds silly but I think it’s true .
Thanks, i just don’t like to wait many days for a film shipped from US to Australia and discover that it similar to other films from my local store.
Ok I will buy both and have a comparison
DC-Fix is a brand name. That is what is being sold here. There have been members who’ve tested other brands and found them to be less appealing. Someone said the other brand they tried blocked more of the light, rather than just diffusing it. Some of the other brands just don’t diffuse as well as DC-Fix. And some are just not as well made product, not as durable.
You don’t have to buy DC-Fix from Boaz. It’s not his brand. He just has access to it and sells it here for our convenience. If you find a local store that sells genuine DC-Fix brand, you could buy it there. Part of the convenience factor here is the size. I haven’t found any stores around me selling DC-Fix diffuser film in small sheets like this. All I’ve seen is large rolls for covering windows in a home. YMMV.
dc-fix is at times considered a generic term . Like Kleenx or Q-tip…Ask me how I know .?
For a long time I was selling a product that was sold to me as Dc-fix. It did a great job diffusing light…. and .
Then one day I got Dc-fix that didn’t just have what looked like graph paper on the back side . It said DC_FIX on it.
I kind of freaked out considering I’d been selling dc-fix for about a year and a half to some of the most beloved members on the forum . After comparing the two I realized I like them both almost equally …So the easy answer is to just sell both
I’m also selling other diffuser films that I offer to anyone and everyone interested …in my reply PM…And I always add extra samples of materials I carry with every order .
So ask the question again ?? Why is Dc-fix better than other materials ?
Light losses . materials that impart color or shift the beam .varying thicknesses for different applications …lots of reasons ….All I offer is about 5 years of experience shooting light thru 100’s of materials… and about 6 other diffuser film that I like well enough to sell .