Best I got is a lux reading with Eneloops that is 66% of what it is with a flat top King King ICR26650. For comparison, the same cell put straight into a HD2010 is 88%.
This is the first time I've used my lux meter with a flashlight, so let's call them preliminary at best.
What's wrong with the beam shots I have up now? Do you mean wall shots?
I compared some lux readings here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/20211#comment-446490
I still need to standardize how I take those readings before I add it to the top.
Lumens will require me to finish building and calibrating my integrating sphere bucket, and even that might be a while because I'm probably going to get a different lux meter that will require me to recalibrate and retest everything.
I can't do lumen sag.
Tailcap readings will come tomorrow, and battery life can be estimated from that.
Hi leaftye…. Many thanks for the review.
Btw, try setting your camera’s white balance to “tungsten”. This ought to be the right setting for the pics taken in your light box
For the outdoor shots leave it at the “daylight” setting. Hope this helps.
I bet that'd really help with the light box pictures. I'll stick with the current setting for the outdoor beam shots so the comparisons between photo shoots is more direct. Thanks for the tips.
Now, the question, do you have any multi AA light that you could compare X3 with regarding its output?
Another set of beamshots in such case would be too much asked, eh :P?
My opinion has limited value, but to my eyes, from the pics alone, the XIN has a slightly brighter hotspot. The HD has better spill. Hard to pick which I like though, as the HD seems a more effective ‘light’, while the XIN can make use of AA’s.
Which has better internals I have no idea. I think Id grab a XIN for the versatility of AA’s. I want a solarforce s2200 so spill in other lights seems pointless. I wont be buying 20 lights, just a few.