No such thing when I ordered the other day, I paid $21.21 for 6 of the 5000K 80 CRI emitters, shipped was $3.75 USPS and $1.62 tax. 3 days to my door.
I build for power first and foremost, if it can’t make the numbers I don’t buy it. Unless of course the light demands something special and high color rendering index is the flavor of the day, there have been exceptions but very rarely do I undercut the power first requirement. I’ve even ordered emitters from Cutter in Australia to get what was otherwise unavailable to me, yes, at $25 shipping. In a case like that I’d buy other things too in order to warrant the costs of shipping Internationally.
This was my first experience with Samsung emitters. They do well in my D4 as a Quad, not so much singly in other lights. Ok, and with nice color, but not overwhelming. I’ll use more, sure, but it’s not an easy go-to choice.
I ran a google search comparison changing the last two out put bin letters. No hits at all on anything higher than the S6 at digikey in 5000k 90CRI.
So at the moment that’s the top bin for high CRI in 5000k. 80 CRI 5000K is U6. 70CRI 5000K W6 as DB said.
In digikey I just use the search using the bin code and it gives me all the different buying options.
If they have a minimum listed and you enter “1” you’ll be paying $1500 for your “single” emitter. Ya gotta watch Digi-Key! Learned that a long time ago.
They typically sell by Reel, Digi-Tape, and Cut Tape. Reel is like 1500 5,000 emitters, Digi-Tape is 3,000 or 2,500 or 800 and Cut tape is 1 or more with price breaks at 10 and 50 and 100 as I recall. I’ve bought emitters from them in most of those quantities, only 200 at one time though.
I have two D4s, a D1, and a D1S. My friend also has a D4.
I do not abuse them but I’ve been very happy with all of them. I use the D4s most, and have had a few drops onto hard surfaces without any failures. Just some scratches and scrapes.
The anodizing wears quite easily on my smooth black D4, but this is just cosmetic. It has a few bare spots from rubbing against my jeans while clipped to my pocket.
A broken lens is simple to replace by unscrewing the front bezel. If you break the glass lens, perhaps you could replace it with a more durable polycarbonate lens.
Im not looking to torture test them . for me if it can survive accidental drops on the ground and concrete and puddles of water is plenty good . where do i get the replacement lens from if say i broke it(i hope not)
If the quality is the same as the BLF A6 then im getting one asap . lol . i know the max lumens output for the emisar is overkill for anything practical but its still nice to have that super bright burst coming from such a small light.