Back when I bought the first serious flashlight, the TK45, there was a site, I believe it was Russian that had a huge collection of beam shots. It looked like some kind of tunnel or underpass.
Interestingly enough, the beam shots was the decision maker and fairly accurate of my use.
Of course the Q8 crushed the TK45. But i still like the cooler white of the TK45. .
Hmmm…i found a shot of an underpass and a shot of a concrete paking lot. And no TK45. I’m on my phone, when i get to the desktop, I’ll rummage some more.
No big deal other then couriosity. Also those shots convinced back then to spend an unheard of amount of $120 for a flashlight. Actually, i bought 4 ofthem.
In the beamshots, can someone please tell me the distance to the clay pot on the ground, then the distance to the white sign, and finally the distance to the trees behind the nursery. This would help me out greatly.
I love his shots but there is a problem with them. It appears that his “targeting changes from light to light. Soem lights appear to have a hot spot rign in front……OR that could be an optical illusion.
What say you Bluzie?
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The other thing is that beamshot against a wall is very important to me in order to see how the spread is between hot spot and spill. It’s hard to get an opinion on something like this because one’s man floody is another mans “balanced beam”.
Unfortunately, i do not know what you mean by ‘targeting’.
The camera and the flashlight are always in the same place, we have marks on the floor.
The orientation of each individual lamp is made by hand, we try always aim the spot on the white boxes.
First I missed your post just above mine where you gave us the distance. LOL!
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I was looking at the beamshot of the BFL A6.
And the modifed Convoy S2
Both of those are the lights I was looking at buying next.
On the BFL, you appear to be centering the hot spot just between the posts and on the second one, at about a meter or two from the feet of the tripod. Where the hot spot is aimed, that’s what I meant by “targeting”.
I noticed that because I was paying a lot of attention to he beam shots particularly since I want a floody light and those two lights in particular.
Do NOT take my comment as a criticisms, because I appreciate the ENORMOUS work you put it to give us all those shots. And of course, many thank you.
OH GREAT! Can I get 10 meter black and white wall shots with all the outputs of every light going back 5 years? Just asking…… :confounded:
A decade back, I used a Russian site to make up my mind about what to buy. Now, I’m looking at your site to decide between the colors and spread of a light. Particularly the BLF and Convoy.
About the shots…….how high are the lights? If they are at 1 meter, perhaps a “target” at 700mm and focusing the center of the light at it? That “should ” put the hot spot somewhere in the center of the garden. It would also have a relationship with eye level at 1.5 meters?
Have you already listed the methodology and I missed it?
Again, just a suggestion and by no means ANY criticism.
Bluzie, when you say, “the hedge” is 55 meters away, do you mean the pine trees behind the bench? And then the oak trees are the much taller the trees behind them, that a lot of your beamshots do not reach and light up ?
For example: My Olight X7 lights up the furthest trees with 9,000 lumens, but the Elzetta Charlie does not, am I correct? And do these beamshots closely replicate what the average human eye sees in real life ?
Hope not too many questions and too complicated Bluzie… :person_facepalming:
I am still confused, I am not sure if directly in front of the beam is the hedge, and the oaks are behind the hedge, or what I am looking at. Also, there is a hedge running 90 degrees parallel to the flashlight beams starting right after the ending of the pavers. Also, there is one large tree by itself off to the left. Thank you for you effort.
I stumbled across your page when I was trying to determine what the different XPLs look like in real life. Not many people post identical set-up beam shot comparisons of different tints EXCEPT YOU!