Hi,
Took some beamshots to see how the new king compares to some of my other lights.
All photos taken with 70mm, 1.3s, f/8, ISO400, WB 4800K.
Distance to the building is about 90m (= 295feet), as seen in this snip from Google Earth:
Control shot:
Let's start with some well known references.
KD C8:
Solarforce MPP-1:
Solarforce MPP-2:
And then to NW lights.
Shadow TC6 NW:
Old-Lumens Special SST-90:
DRY NW High:
DRY NW Turbo:
SKYRAY King NW High:
SKYRAY King Low:
And finally some mouseovers.
DRY vs. SKYRAY (Mouse over for SKYRAY)
KD C8 vs. Shadow TC6: (Mouse over for Shadow TC6)
Solarforce MPP-2 vs MPP-1 (Mouse over for MPP-1)
MPP-2 vs. KD C8 (mouse over for KD C8)
+ bonus photo, "wannabe art", Snowy River lit by MPP-1:
That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed watching these. 
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"But as I said long ago, you are more likely to be killed by a dead fish dropped by a seagull in the Sahara Desert than by a lithium ion
I think I like the photo the best. That's really cool! Definitely NOT "wannabe art"
Thanks for all the reference shots!
Awesome shots! Thx for sharing.
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_the_ is very modest.
Go check out his galleries "out there on the 'net" and you'll see this little river really is just his regular night out with a digital photo camera.
Very nice beamshots and photo.
Viktor
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yeah, definitely not wannabe. in fact, I'd love to use that as a background if you'd post a link to a high res version?
Do you have shots of the SST-90 on low and hi? Just curious to see the difference. Not very bright because of the messed up reflector.
Love that river shot, really nice!!!
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Great pics!!
Makes me re-think about that Skyray King...
Yeah, it appears to be brighter than the Dry. I may have to get one. Nice shots!
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The Shadow impresses me but SkyRay is the final winner.
Just pulled to trigger for SkyRay!
Thanks for sharing. I really like the "wannabe art".
x2. I'd love to see a comparison side by side photo of the dry and king for size reference
Thanks for the already amazing reference photos you've provided! Beautiful work and a huge help to many of us here!
About how many lumens is the King on low? And is the trigger switch mechanism user-friendly?
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A pictures worth a thousand words. Thanks.
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Nice work!
Thank you all for the compliments! I'm not a "real" photographer, it's just my hobby (which actually did lead me to the world of flashlights.. ;))
dthrckt: Sure. I just need to re-edit the photo for a high res version. What resolution do you want?
I will try to answer all questions and post a side-by-side photo of King and DRY later today (= after work hours). Please wait patiently..
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I love your bonus photo... its surreal. Makes me want to go out and attempt taking night outdoor pictures, with illumination from just flashlights.
yeah I agree. Looks like a professional took that picture
I'm using it for my desktop wallpaper on my Mac and my PC's. Looks awesome!!
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Man, I really want that king now.... am I wrong or does it look like it throws quite a bit better than the DRY, and with the same or better total output?
And yeah, I like that picture too.
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You can download the high res version here (1920x1200pix).
I don't usually upload any high res photos to net, but BLF is an exception..
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Side by side photos of DRY & King, as promised:
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Skyray is about 1mm wider when measured from bezel and the body is about 6mm wider.
Sorry, I didn't take beamshot with low.
I will next time.. And it is bright, at least in my opinion.
You are right. At least that's the situation with my samples.
Ceiling bounce gives the same result than my Xeno E03 NW on Med with 14500 => About 300 lumens, maybe a bit less?
Trigger mechanism is good and the UI is user friendly. The more I use it, the more I like it.
And no, I don't seem to have the switch problem FX-32 mentioned. I tried repeating Hi-Lo-Off more than 30 times and didn't see any sign of that problem.
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Great photos!
Richie
thanks for the exception
thankyou very much for the size photos! Hard to believe its that much shorter and fits one more battery than the dry!