Ahah, the black looks is just a black permanent marker line that I did on the flat part of the lens to avoid some artifacts on the beam. It prevents some reflection on the bezel and therefore, in the outer line of the beam (specially when zoomed out).
Yup, there is not much more I can do to solve that! Also, as I am using a different led and MCPCB from the original ones, that may play a role here too. The original led was an XML2 and the original PCB was aluminium of 1mm. Now it is a Samsung led on a 1.2 or 1.5mm MCPCB that automatically raises the led and the focal point is different too.
Maybe with the original settings the new lens could have a better focus too!
Hum, yeah, you can get that light, but not put it in your pocket as you do with i3
I see what you mean here, but maybe it has to do with lens provider. I was not aware of the differences between glass and plastic lenses, so maybe some tweaks on the machines that make it is the issue.
My Z821 is already in Portugal (not sure when it will arrive home). Shipped on the 9th July
The 311 took 2 months (19th May - 20th July) :weary:
Did you measure your lens? Can you tell if it is similar to my original or my new lens?
Also, did yours come with the o-ring below it?
I believe that those 2mm make a reall difference, at least in the setting I have (as I explained above). Not sure if the original setting would suffer from that!
Note that those artifacts are not terribly overwhelming, but they are more notorius and eventually distracting, specially when using it for “white-wall-hunting”
I am not curious to see how the Z821 will perform…