turboBB's 2012 Memorial Day Weekend Camping Report (24 XM-L lights, beamshots, vids)

CAMPING GROUND SHOTS
The next night, I stayed right by the campsite and did even closer range beam shots since the misting was pretty bad. Unfortunately there is a bit of feedback (reflection from the mist) so I took four shots of each light; two aimed at the small tree about 40ft. away and two at the tip of the taller trees in the background that are approx. 100ft. away:

When I got back, I deleted the shots that had too much feedback so as not to create a false sense of brightness, however. Overall, the shots look just slightly overexposed as compared to what I my eyes saw but not too bad.

I also managed to squeeze in a video of a few lights (full playlist here) based on use around the tent and then a quick walk around the campsite. I had to keep it low since it was pretty late and there were others already sleeping. Given I was focusing on low light conditons, I bumped the ISO to 6400 so quality isn't the greatest and the vids will be pretty grainy but hopefully it tells the appropriate story on usage. Here is a pic indicating roughly the path taken:

(image courtesy of Google maps - red arrow indicates distance to small tree)

Here's a quick vid of a walkthru of the campsite and the path I took to test the lights:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/V

This pic provides size perspective as you can see the location where I took the beach shots:

(image courtesy of maps.live.com - campsite in rectangle and the large oval in bottom right indicates target from beach shots and small circle in upper right where the camera was)

And here is a control video w/LedLenser H7 at night in the tent:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/8v3TvTi7xAU?hd=1

All shots were taken w/Panny FZ150 on M mode, ISO100 and AWB. Exposure was locked at 1.6" @ f/2.8. Again, given the heavy misting, my aim may not have been perfect for each shot so they may be slightly off but the top shot is always centered on the small tree and the bottom shot at the tip of the trees in the background.

OK, with that all said, let's start off with a control shot using a Led Lenser H7 (intentionally overexposed given it's lower output):



Elektro Lumens Big Bruiser (review)
It was tucked away in the back pouch of the Maxpedition so I missed its shots for this round.


FoxFury Rook CheckMate (review)



Klarus XT20 (review)





Lighten7 Elite M1A (review)





Lighten7 Elite M1B (review)





Lighten7 Max L2A (review)





NITECORE TM11 (v1.12)





Niteye EYE25 (review)





Niteye EYE30 (review)





Prometheus Lights Alpha Series XM18-B (review)




Mini Review/Summary
http://www.youtube.com/embed/BYjumES0KtY?hd=1


Shadow JM07-PRO





Sunwayman M11R Mr. Elfin (review)





Sunwayman T20C (review)





Sunwayman T40CS (review)





Sunwayman V11R révolution (review)





Sunwayman V60C (review)





SureFire M3LT (400lms) (review)





ThruNite TN10 (1x18650) (review)





ThruNite TN11 (2x18500) (review)




ThruNite TN30 (review)




Mini Review/Summary
http://www.youtube.com/embed/NyrckvmrmUo?hd=1


ThruNite TN31 (review)




Mini Review/Summary
http://www.youtube.com/embed/aFVRnBpXUcA?hd=1


XENO G10v2 (review)





XENO S3A (review)




Mini Review/Summary
http://www.youtube.com/embed/rt7xFtLoGVU?hd=1


XTAR S1 Production (review)




Mini Review/Summary
http://www.youtube.com/embed/bNhyOK_CKao?hd=1