I wanted to provide everyone with some comparisons of beamshots of these lights. Hopefully will help some newbies and the rest of us looking for something new make a better-informed purchase.
This is not a hard-core, scientific, closely-held-parameters set of shots, but the camera was set to manual exposure so each set of shots will give a good comparison of beam coverage and relative brightness. As many of you know, your eyes will adjust to available light, and the dimmer-appearing shots might not be that dim to your perception, given your eyes some time to adjust.
For the basement 50-foot-range shots, I set exposure to just blow out the brightest part of the SC700d’s beam, and then let the others fall where they may with regard to under-exposure.
For the moonlight closet shots, I went with the highest available ISO, brightest f-stop, and at 1/13s-a shutter speed that wouldn’t be too blurry. That 0.04 L SC700d shot is horrible as a photograph. There aren’t many photons to capture with my Sony RX100 iv camera!
I don’t guarantee that all the Zebralight lumens are as indicated, as I didn’t record what I programmed in. They look right to my eyes, though. Also-I grogrammed the GT Micro’s lowest moonlight value. It’s considerably dimmer than the default.
Beamshots: i1r, k18, s1 mini, sc52, gt micro, h604d, sc700
