I just received my Fireflies that I ordered on the last day of the GB. I still haven’t received the one I ordered before the GB.
Here are the results measured with the TA Lumen Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights.
Champagne host 219B 4500k 9080
4650 lumens at 0s
1482 lumens at 30s
Dims at about 17s
Black host 219B 4500k 9080
4500 lumens at 0s
3991 lumens at 30s
Edit: The champagne host was tested with fresh off the charger VTC5D and the same cells were then used on the black host so that might have accounted for some of the lumen differences at 0s.
I tested the Champagne host twice and it steps down at about 17s. It doesn’t do that on the Black host. Anyone have any idea why that is?
The tint is super nice. It’s the best looking tint I have seen to date. I was afraid it might look too magenta as some people have commented on the 4500k 9080 but I’m so glad it is not magenta at all, just some pink/rosy. Even on turbo, it’s not as rosy looking as what you see in the pics. It’s very white at the center of the beam. On the lower modes, it is just neutral white and perfect.
I compared it with all of my other lights that looked neutral tinted before and now they look ugly yellow/green.
That’s how it starts. After seeing a truly good tint, nothing else will ever look quite the same again. And now you’ve got a lifelong affliction, because unfortunately this condition is terminal.
Here are some tint pics I took the other day, with the ROT66 Nichia included. White balance was set at sunlight, so the 5700k Jaxman E2 will look the whitest to the camera, though it’s pretty close to what I saw with my eyes subjectively.
It’s too bad there’s no substitute for this discontinued gorgeous 9080 tint. I’m thinking if we can get the SST-20-W FA1 bin, it should look about the same as the 219b 4500k 9080 but more powerful. Also the Samsung LH351D T1 bin should be similar too but no 80+ R9.
None of you are making it any easier for me to resist this light.
I’m guessing it’s the normal variation in the uncalibrated temperature readings between different ATTiny chips. Perhaps the one light of yours reads low, and the other reads high.
For comparison, I just checked my D4, which has been sitting on my desk, turned off, in a 22° room for plenty of time to be at the ambient temperature. It reported 34°.
If the light thinks it’s warmer than it really is, it will step down faster.
Like was said earlier, the thermal protection may be kicking in way too soon on the champagne model. Try manually setting the thermal limit. I’ve got a video on it if you don’t know how.
Rumor is Fireflies might be making an SST40 version (replacement for XPL-HI?) I don’t know much about the SST40. My order for an XPL-HI is on hold until they figure out the problem. A possible offer/solution is an SST40 version. (nothing concrete or confirmed at this point) Thoughts?
The SST-40 is a 5050 led where the current one is 3535. So they’d have to make a new mcpcb. That seems unlikely. If true though, it’s a nice little led. Warmest color is 6500K and it has really high output.
Yeah, SST-20 is 3535. It’s die size is closer to XPG3 than xpl at 2mm^2 so output might be closer to the Nichia version.
It might be the ROT66 v2 with the aux led board…? The SST40 question was posed to me as a possible (if it’s made) replacement for my order. I don’t know much more than that.
If their optics are barely fitting 3535 LEDs it’s unlikely they meant SST40 without some other design changes. SST20 like mentioned above would give them another LED option with high CRI and small die with output probably somewhere between xpl and 219b.