I know that this takes time to accomplish, to get the things done, but everytime I see new(er) post(s) on this thread I think to myself “This is it, it’s now that we’ll have some news about this light”!
And then I come to see it and…my hopes go away :weary:
I am and will be connected for this light, I want some for me and I’ll give one on my GAW, but this is really getting a long time to accomplish! I will not blame those involved (to whom I thank, seriously!!!) nor Lumintop, but…it’s getting to my nerves. And I am a patient guy, normally!
I see some projects being accomplished with other manufacturers, way faster than this. Of course, the complexity of some of them are not the one of the FW3A, but it seems that things get faster, with lots of less interested people!
This said, I’d really really like to see this getting done before the Winter!…. :arrow_right:
Neal told me yesterday that he’d ship new prototypes that day.
It’s not much news, but it’s all I’ve got for now.
I’m hoping it’ll show up soon, with everything working, and then production can start. I might still send new firmware though, because I’ve continued to update it.
On a related note, I have LH351D 5000K 80CRI emitters in my FW3A at the moment, with a 10507 optic. These are not the ones to be used in production, but they’re the closest I could get easily. So the tint is all wrong, but the beam pattern should still be pretty similar.
This shot is underexposed on purpose to show beam pattern and tint. The camera’s white balance is set to “daylight” (5000K). And the lights are at low levels, which makes the tint look as bad as possible. It doesn’t look anywhere near this bad in real life.
On the left is a ROT66-219b at ~4700K. On the right is a FW3A with LH351D 5000K 80CRI, apparently from a rather green tint bin. The emitters used in production should be 1000K warmer, with higher CRI, and not green.
The 10507 optic gives the LH351D a big wide hotspot with a defined edge and virtually no spill. With a 10511 optic, the beam is floodier and smoother with no noticeable color variation and no edges.
Well, that is something !!! I hope that these are the “last” (hopefully) things that need to be defined so that production can start.
About the FW, put all the meat in the grill for this light! I hope it can be a great light since the first try, so that nothing (or at least few things) has to be changed later!
That is also a reason why I don’t mind waiting longer times.
I was going to ask about the emitters too. Any news about going for 1 or 2 options?
It is good ti know that it will not have “greens” on the beam! When they arrive I’ll probaly put a 10508 on the (I prefer it over 10511). But, so far so good.
I guess we all will be waiting for some feedback on this prototype and other aspects related! Thanks TK for the “update”, and for those that will follow :+1:
I remember when I first stumbled upon the Q8 thread, read a lot and got on the list thinking, “Surely any day now, they’ll be announcing ordering details…”
I’d get notifications nearly every day for MONTHS and nearly always, I’d click on the thread thinking that ‘today will be the day’ with butterflies in my stomach!
Nope!
It was hard to put it out of my mind because it looked like an amazing light for an amazing price (and most definitely is) and those stinking thread notifications!
It was like living in a dream when there was actually information about ordering the thing! So much giddiness and excitement!
I’m certain that this one will be just the same and I can’t wait for the time when I get the coupon code and get clicking! We are in for some real pleasure when we finally get our mitts on it and rely on it daily as an edc light. We’re lucky to be in on the ground floor for such a potentially amazing light.
I think it’ll be two options… but I’m not 100% sure. There should be 4000K LH351D and ~4800K XP-L HI, if I understand correctly. And I plan on getting both, especially if the LH351D 4K is as nice as everyone says.
Thanks. I don’t often say anything about it, but I know. Y’all won’t let me forget.
I must apologise profusely, I asked for two of these in post number 1574, I completely forgot I’d already asked for one a few months earlier in post number 889.
Could I be a pain and just have two instead of three please? Again, I apologise. Got a bit overexcited possibly!
I got back from vacation last night, and I was hoping to get to do this today, but so far no luck. I was planning on taking a couple of pictures comparing my D4 above and my D4 with nichia emitters. The computer I used to flash my one complete D4 had a hard drive die today, so I have bigger fish to fry in the near term. Between that and leaving on a business trip in the morning, it will be a bit longer before I get some pictures. Sorry for the delay.
ToyKeeper, can you tell if the diameter on the head of the FW3A is similar to the Convoys S2+?
Why am I asking? Not that it matters much, but just because I was wondering if the Convoys diffusers will fit on it to help the “candle” mode to be like…a candle
Thanks in advance for the information on this :+1:
Thanks for the indication JasonWW! I wasn’t able to find the measurements of this :person_facepalming:
Hum, I guess the one from the Convoys will be a tight fit. I have one of the BliztWolf BW-ET1 which is some mm larger so I may end up using that! Or filling one if the other, so it can fit!
Thanks again for the information :+1:
