Copying quotes down is too difficult, so…
I know everyone has different moonlight mode preferences, but if ZL had been remotely accurate, I wouldn’t have wasted my time with the SC52. My H51w (0.18) was nice, and I was looking for brighter, but then rec’d something spec’d twice as bright (0.34) yet with less than half the output - go figure. It also doesn’t make any sense to me to have three ML options, but all of them below 0.1 lms.
We can agree to disagree on the blue and X, just offering another opinion - I can’t see either in normal use.
I’m the same with PWM, it catches my attention in reflections when moving my eyes quickly (the way I prefer testing for it) and I also find it distracting. I ran the time exposure sweep picture I mentioned before and now agree it does look like full on PWM, L > R, SC52, Quark AA, D25A, MDC AA, ~3 lms:
I thought it might have been some sort of oscillation since this is THE fastest PWM I’ve ever seen - I can barely detect it, with the reflection or pencil fanning method, and I’m sweeping those lights in the photo as fast as I can. I don’t know the Hz, but the MDC and 47s Mini are said to be HF PWM but can I easily detect those. Also THIS is an old photo of my ’12 D25A vs. a Quark on ML where the light goes “pseudo-PWM” on low voltage batts (cellphone detection method included)… it never really is fully “off” so is not truly PWM… the Hz is very slow though and quite annoying, and another reason I think the D25A has poor regulation on ML.
Toykeeper,
It was not my intention to be confrontational, but I felt compelled to question your review based upon your calibration to ZL lumens (sorry, but what I consider to be one of the most exaggerating and inaccurate starting points) and comparing that to what I found to be one of the most accurate (well, at least my samples). But you know, and have well stated, all the key points (ie, ZL scale 40-50% more liberal than ET scale, L2a ~0.1, ML below spec even by their own scale) and appear to have well accounted for them. So between that, the “B” emitter switch, and PWM points (news to me), I wave the white flag and say “Uncle!” I think you have done an excellent job on the review, and look forward to your future reviews.
My apologies for any troubles I may have caused.
Racer,
I used to use the cellphone camera method to detect PWM but have picked up some false readings, and in both directions. For example, HERE is an old pic of my MDC AA on the same mode. And I also don’t believe in the current regulated “tint shift” thing - THIS pic shows all lights at ~100 lumens on top and moonlight on bottom - can you tell which lights are current regulated and which are PWM?