Don
June 3, 2011, 11:20pm
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peteybaby:
The beamshots on the Manafont website aren't very useful. I want to see the beam at distances of 2 m through 100 m and beyond; preferably compared to a 5x XR-E. I could do those comparison beamshots, because my WF-500 has the 5x XR-E module in it, but not til the fall. :)
I doubt it'll be much of a thrower - though when you put out that sort of light, who needs throw?
If you see my beamshots of the Romisen RC-T5 and RC-T6 that's what I'd expect, just quite a bit brighter - the RC-T6 is around the 700 lumen mark, the T5 around 450. This one should be pushing 2000, maybe more.
There is snow out there so these aren't really comparable to any others. Mind, it does make the beams look more impressive.
The more powerful of these really need a longer test range than my backyard. Maybe when the weather's better I'll get out into the sticks where there's room to play.
The participants were Fenix P3D (OK, not an 18650 light - running on a pair of RCR123s). I think this is a Cree P4 emitter. When using RCRs there is no difference between high and turbo. Doesn't get ho…
I had a nice break in a very peaceful place. One nice thing about being so far from the road is that you couldn't hear the traffic. Here's the assistant checking out the little remaining icy snow.
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I took a few lights (126 of them to be precise)
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Checked out some of the wildlife - red squirrels are seriously endangered here - someone imported American grey squirrels in the nineteenth century and they are displacing the reds. They carry squirrel-pox which is fatal to reds …
Well, here I am out in the "wilds". Unfortunately I forgot to bring the card reader or any way of attaching the cameras to the computer. Pictures will appear tomorrow night once I get home. So some measurements before I forget them. I mostly think in metric, but my measuring tape is in feet. The feet measurements are measured, any metric ones are approximations.
There is a post stuck into the ground 115 feet (35m) from the camera which I used as the aiming point for all these pics though wit…