BLF Kronos X6/X5 GB - Group Buy now closed.

All that, simply because you mis-spelled Thanks! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well yeah, but I did fix it:-)

What do you think guys - Letā€™s buy some more!

Thanks,
-Chuck

Yes Chuck please set a good example, and buy some many more....

I agreed for the position swap with iron potato (34 <>39)

Thanks for confirming; updated in the table .
I already included it in the update list for Kronos based on your PM agreement. 0:)

Kronos kindly said heā€™ll get round to updating those few when he canā€¦

Thank you :beer:

Please, could I have number 99 in both lists?

Thank you

A couple things:

ToyKeeper has been added to the design team. Her firmware will be used on these lights, and her expertise is sorely needed. Welcome TK to the team!

Wight has given us his blessing on using his driver design. Woot! Thanks wight!!!

Sample hosts are mostly complete! We should see samples shipping to the team, hopefully within the next few weeks! Manker is FAST!!! I will try to get some pics out as soon as available.

Cheers,
kronos
(Updated in OP)

Great!! Canā€™t wait for the photos! !!!

The Photos canā€™t wait to be seenā€¦

Shame on that big, bad camera! Attacking that poor little defenseless flashlight! :open_mouth:

Oh My... .Dale has been bitten by the Wallbuys craze.... you know, those Rubiks cubes!

sorry, can`t see any flashlights, just an old camera, dusty strobes, and a wooden tripod.

****now taking cover before dale reads this message****

Dale, I`m HERE!!!!

Now I`m HERE!!!

NO, behind you!

bannggggg... OUCH!

Iā€™ll have you know thatā€™s an original Rubikā€™s cube! Been around for many many years (and never solved, :P)

My tripod is disguised as wood, itā€™s really zirconiumcarbonitride-fiberbamboo-alloynium.

(stealth ninjaā€™s deployed)

Aluminum

73. Richnpc Al NW.

Could I please change this to CW

Origional 1D, or 1DS? Also nice slide plate.

1DsMkII full frame sensor. Really Right Stuff quick release bracket, macro focusing rail, flash bracket, and tripod ball head. Tripod is a Slik carbon fiber. 100mm Macro Hybrid IS lens.

One thing I like about the older 1DsMkII is that itā€™s dedicated to photoā€™s, no live view no video whatsoever, just excellent clean files at 16.7MP that rivaled medium format when it first came out. Just because a few years has taken cameraā€™s in a new direction doesnā€™t mean this old camera doesnā€™t take fantastic pictures, because it does! Back in itā€™s dayā€™s of glory, it was Canonā€™s most expensive camera, costing more new than even todays top offerings. (I got it used with a new shutter, and have since replaced that shutter twice. Thousands upon thousands of beautiful pictures. :laughing:

Usually, these days, I use a 20D with the macro lens, or a 60mm EF-S macro, for the flashlight pictures. Plenty big enough and sharp enough without being overkill.

Dale, am I the only one bothered by this?

LOL, OCD working overtime much? Thatā€™s not a gap, itā€™s a shadow. The fins protrude from the bezel/head for cooling purposes, which allows that first one to cast a shadow on the bezel with the light coming from upper right.

Believe me, RBD left nothing to chanceā€¦ :wink: (RBD being RufusBDuck for those that are confused)

Edit: Double checking the light, the shadow is enhanced by the fact that MagLight put a slight bevel on the outer edge of the bezel such that there is a slight inset at the junction of bezel/copper fin which makes that shadow even darker. Itā€™s present so there wonā€™t be a sharp edge on a part consumers are likely to handle, it could be filed or sanded down for a finer edge there but itā€™s really of no consequence.

Phew talk about a load off my mind, it was giving me nightmares :bigsmile: Yeah my OCD is working but I knew there was some explanation for it. Sorry for the trouble.

Not a problemā€¦ glad you can sleep now. :wink:

Iā€™m planning on taking a pretty extensive set of photoā€™s of these samples when they arrive, showing close-up detail inside and out as well as the usual beam shots and current/output tests. So there will be plenty to occupy your obsessions keen interest pretty soon. :slight_smile: