I always thought this myself. I would never choose any of those materials over aluminum due to weight, but I would gladly pay more for the lighted switch option also.
I’d say if price is not a “concern”, the cu+ti weight must be close to the AL… maybe? Albeit a different balance of weight, titanium is a decent degree lighter then AL, I believe. I’m sure someone who have both can verify this for us?
I emailed Hank and asked if a backlit switch would be an option on the standard D4V2 and his reply was that there were no plans to do it. That was a few months ago though. I’m holding out and not ordering anything else, because every time that I do the upgrades are always out minutes after I get my shipping notice.
I’m about to the point where I’m going to order every light Hank sells with every emitter he has. I love my D4V2 and my 2000k KR4. I should do the math on that
Hank told me lighted switch on aluminum was a no go when I asked him last week. Really wish he would do it. Didn’t stop me from ordering another D4v2 with my K1 though…
I noticed my fw3 copper got hot very quickly. My brass d4v2 does too, but with different emitters in my 3 lights of comparison it’s difficult to tell why or how much faster.
Ya my KR4 gets pretty hot cause I use it as my desk light. I try to keep the brightness at a level that is sufficient but doesn’t make the light get warm. Sometimes I neglect to do that and it gets hot. Not sure if that affects the life of the light but if so it just gives me a good excuse to buy another (:
I would love green anodization and clear anodization options for Emisar D4V2.
Someone on Reddit modded a D4V2 and silver color looks great. It would look even better with an optional backlit switch.
EDIT: I just realized that Hank might not be able to access the images that we post. Some websites are not accessible from China, including imgur(.)com. Hank might not even be aware that you posted an image, because when you include an image in your post, and the website is not accessible, a browser might not give any indication that your post contained an image.