LOL! I love that last bit about shining it on the garage door! I once did something similar with a SST-50 in a homemade reflector driven at 7 amps.
My house is painted with chalk - I think you call that whitewashed in the states - and I just walked 10 meters from the wall and pointed the light directly at the wall, think 90° directly, and turned that thing on! I nearly dropped the thing. Ha ha. Still makes me laugh when i think about it!
Anyway I just wanted to say that so far it sounds really impressive. I've never had me one of those SST-90's to work with so I've no idea about how nice they are. But I sure do look forward to some beamshots.
never mind the amazing searchlight beam that will scare doggers for miles around, I’m just trying to figure out what’s reflected in that aspheric. Looks like a clock next to a balloon on the ceiling. I’m very intrigued!
I am amazed at this light. I really don't have much interest in throwers, but I have to say, this is something else. Only photos do this thing justice, so on with the final beam shots.
Google maps tells me this is about 181 Yards. Here are the Before and After shots with Mouseover.
These are some larger trees a little farther out than the last shot.
Google tells me this is approximately 349 Yards.
Google tells me this Food Bank is 290 Yards away.
Google tells me the TJC West Campus is 664 Yards away. It's the farthest building in the set.
Google tells me this traffic light and the signs across the street are about 844 Yards away.
The last one! You Ready?
Google tells me that I am 1.37625 MILES from the Towers here. How many yards is that? Who cares!
I think that is good enough. I hope Y'all enjoyed it. I did!
And you guys know that I mean when I say bad. Bad as in bad to the bone.
I’m impressed on such a fast 1 sec shutter.
See if you can up the shutter to 1.5” which is 1.4 sec shutter at least on my camera. That will probably be more what you really will see in real life which will only be brighter yet.
Ya, it's bad. I have never owned or made a light that would reach over a mile. The most impressive thing to me is the fact that I was in the city of Tyler, on a Saturday night.
It was cloudy and very damp. I think that's why you see all that haze in the shot at over a mile. Also, these buildings are already lit up. There's building lights, parking area lights and street lights in this area, so it's not dark.
I would love to see this thing somewhere out in the open on a clear night with low humidity and some open targets. I bet it would reach out much farther.
