2 images, each a single shot, one at f/2.8 the other at f/16. Quick conversion from RAW to JPEG in Lightroom 5. Zero Photoshopping. The 100mm Macro Hybrid IS lens was about 4 inches from the light. Sensor plane approx 11” from the light. Diffraction starts at around f/11. The full frame sensor on the 5DMkII adds to the shallow depth of field.
I must be getting seriously old, difficult to concentrate with my 7 yr old behind me going on and on about iron golems and such…
Price just increased and light won’t be delivered for at least a month. This light is getting less and less appealing. 
Sorry to go on a tangent about the photo quality… it’s just that the amount of detail in those photos is kind of amazing.
Also, it’s very interesting to see the difference in exposures between the wide and narrow apertures. The narrow one has a much deeper focus plane but appears somewhat blurry throughout… and the wide aperture exposure is incredibly sharp but only like a millimeter thick. I’m amazed you can focus so tight that only a single column of knurling is clear.
I have a cheap camera with a small eye, so I don’t get to play with this sort of thing.
Nice light you lucky dog! Ordered mine on the 23rd of last month. Hope I get it soon. But I’ve been practicing the art of patience, but I can not hold out forever, and your photos don’t help one little bit!
For this Meteor anything less than $400 I would not even take a second notice to. This flashlight is being offered cheeeeeap! What a gem that probably will only be released for a short while, probably never to be available again, and if it is will re-emerge at a much much higher price.
They should keep the higher price till they start selling again.. people on the fence surely jump when it drops back...psychology ;)
Smart thinking....
$400!!!
Oops I think I accidentally logged on to the other place 
Let me list my Surefires …. 
Well, all I can tell you is someone with a really good heart decided to sell these for that initial price offering. Getting >Ferrari F50 for < Chevrolet Volt pricing..
why only raise it $20? Is he testing the waters?
Probably because he realized he was selling them for cost or less..
This is one of those lights that all the pictures and reviews in the world don’t prepare you for actually opening the box on YOURS!
You’ll see what I’m talking about when you get to that point. And then you get the cells in it, have it in hand, and your brain still isn’t ready for it. And THEN you hit the switch!
People, this light changes flashlights… forever! They’ve never been close to this, at any price, and the Noctigon team outdid themselves here. Probably safe to say I Love It!
This one of those times where if you don't buy one(if you even can anymore) you'll look back and kick yourself for not getting one.
every time you write something like this Hank is raising the price. Are u in cahoots 
would u please let us know if you change the optics, and the doability of that? Thanks.
lol! Remember that Seinfeld episode? "We are not in cahoots!"
Little outside venture ended up with me running the Meteor much longer than I intended. Spotted a skunk out and about and tried to get the neighbor out to take care of it but it got away. While the Meteor did indeed get dang near hot, it seemed to stop there and not continue getting hotter. Pretty cool.
So, I took a shot of my X6 Quad with partially depleted cells as a base shot, my normal 97 yds to the red oil drum (I haven’t looked at these real close, the skunk might be in the pics. )
And the Meteor M43 with XP-G2 S4 2B emitters, under the same conditions and the normal camera settings of 1600 ISO, f/5.8, 1/2 sec shutter, manual exposure, manual focus, 2 second timer.
Oops! Guess that’s not gonna work with this light! So, I bumped exposure from 1/2 second to 1/8 second, 4 times faster.
The X6
The M43
And zoomed in at 4X optical zoom (112mm)
So when I came back in the house after the skunk deal, and mind you I had run the Meteor several minutes, like maybe 5, the X6 tested in the lightbox at 3854 lumens and the Meteor is still making 7797!
Wow! Impressive indeed!
I know, it’s difficult to believe, so here’s a little MAXToch TA6X-9 that I just got today, already pulled the aluminum star and put a 32mm Noctigon star with an XP-L V5 1A on it, and a chipped Qlite carrying 16 7135’s. This one’s making 1153 lumens out the front and is a nice single cell light.
Same settings as the first two pics above. The Meteor annihilates it.
7797.........How many Chilumens is that?
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In this case, 6900.
-Chuck
Every time? someone might take you seriously, there was only one increase. :)