APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT

whoaa… gonna need to install some kind of top cover to kill the upper glare :wink:

Very impressive, I could do with one of those :slight_smile:

Very good idea

It’s an impressive light for sure, but check the EXIF info on those pics,

Car light:
Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1 sec, f/2.8, ISO 160

Bike Light:
Auto exposure, Aperture-priority AE, 1 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320

Checked using http://regex.info/exif.cgi

The bike pic will look a lot brighter when you double the ISO like that. It’s still bloody impressive, just not as impressive as it first looks from those pics.

I took a lot of photos with different settings just to found a couple decent ones , its very difficult to take night photos without tripod.
As I said before it’s an APEX 5T6 and you can find a lot of beam shots for this flashlight everywhere - I am interesting to show you my patent not the flashlight and you can do it for any flashlight in the market .
Maybe I will do a better job with my video

hi again jlogres
if the info is correct in the exif files of your pics, your camera has a “M” (manual) mode
for good comparisons, i recommend you to set it to the same values for all pics (in this case f2.8, 1 sec) and i suppose you can manually set the iso, so set it E.g. to 160 (the lower, the less noise you will have) it´s better to adjust the exposure with the shutter speed for these kind of pictures, in fact it will be a better shot with a closer diaphragm, some like f8 or so, but you need to raise the shutter speed to 8s, to compensate)
so, for future pictures, my recommendation is to leave the camera steady over something (like your car for example), adjust it in manual to a correct exposure, and release the shutter using either the timer, or the remote control included with it (if you didn’t loose it :slight_smile: )

Thanks totilde,
As you already understand I am not a camera expert but thanks for all the information , I will try them next time.
I am still waiting for a better weather (very cold ) to go for a ride with dark conditions and make a video.
I am better with video camera :slight_smile:

Great job, jlogres! Very effective and well engineered. That Apex looks killer on the bike. 8)

Thanks Johnny ,
That’s why I said to your Black Shadow Terminator review that it would be a nice bike light :slight_smile:

There’s a supplier who’ll do a lot of ten for $15
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Hold-Two18650-Cell-2x-Parallel-Connection-3-7v-Plastic-Battery-Holder-Box-Case-With/635024154.html

Finally I’ve made my APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT video

Like always camera exposure don’t let you see the original light output but it’s good enough

“This video contains content from ABKCO Music, Inc. and EMI, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”

I’m in the US.

Nice vid, sure lit up that trail pretty good. Looks awesome on the bike too.

does the light still has the modes? or is it become just 1 mode?
still thinking about doing it to my TR-J18 or the 9Xt6 :smiley:

You didn’t see my video Daylighter ?
I am changing modes all time - modes are on driver not on switch so with any switch you don’t loose anything from the original flashlight.
Except maybe from some flashlights how have electronic switch and you have to hold it for some seconds to activate some modes , usually strobe.
But in this case usually the switch is on head lamp (like king style or terminator) so you don’t need a second switch to the cable.

sorry can’t watch the video… your music in the video got banned in the US hehe

Same for me, jlogres: Banned on YouTube in the U.S. due to music.

If the OP doesn’t mind, I’ve copied a 360p version of the video to here, where it can
be downloaded free of any restrictions.

If you turn this into a commercial venture I’d be interested. I think one or two TJ18’s on the bike would suffice

I believe that I fix the problem with the banned song and now it’s a mute video but you can watch it

Please someone from US inform me that everything is OK
thanks