Nereus
Enlightened
I reported two of my mods here in separate threads some time ago, namely maghid and 2D mag + 4*seoul. I took the beamshots for both mods exactly the same time, same place, even the same camera stand position, under exactly the same environmental brightness conditions... So I created accidentally comparison "contest" between maghid and magseoul even though it took me one *month* to recognise that...
(How to make mr. Nereus yell "THAT'S FOUR!" in august? - by asking him "What is 2+2?" in january!!!
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Way too much fun laughing at myself - have to get back to topic (I don't want to hijack my own post before I have even written it!
- although there is no specific CPF rule against that, I guess
) So I am not providing you with any new pics, just combining the pics in two separate threads and pointing out some differences. Sooooo, lets get started with the maghid vs. magseoul comparison!
Here is magseoul - some 800 bulb lumens:
Here is the maghid - some 600 bulb lumens (slightly overdriven ballast):
So what do we have at hand? 800 blumens of led power and 600 blumens of hid power... pretty much the same, especially if you take into account the fact that human eye is not very sensitive to so small relative differences in lumens (25% in this case).
It is the OPTICS... that's where we have major differences.
First some indoor beamshots; below is maghid (and poor std 2D incan mag as a benchmark):
Below is magseoul (and again the std 2D mag):
White wall beamshots tell you that the maghid is more focused... even though the magseoul is brighter and has more sidespill.
Next close distance beamshot, maghid and the benchmark, std 2D mag, side by side:
Below is the magseoul (and the benchmark):
The difference between the maghid and magseoul is much clearer in the pics above...
Far distance (ok, ok, CPF member Ra might say that this is CLOSE distance beamshot but that's another story
) beamshot with maghid; distance to the shed is 200m:
The same camera stand position, same place, same time... you can see the shed there with magseoul too, although not so well:
maghid, distance to the shed is 300 m:
You can barely see the shed with magseoul too, but unfortunately I could not take a proper photo of that. So this is where the upper limit of magseoul throw kicks in.
So what is my point here? Maghid clearly out-throws magseoul even though the latter has more lumens as can be seen in the white wall beamshots above. I think the difference between the two mods can be best seen in the close distance beamshots, the magseoul really beats maghid by illuminating way larger area. The lumens is pretty much the same; we have two different approaches here:
You want throw? Use small point-like light source and use one big reflector. That's the "power is nothing without control" approach.
You want flood? Use many light sources (hipo leds) and many small reflectors. That's the "there is no substitute for cubic inches" approach.
Thanks for looking!
-N
Way too much fun laughing at myself - have to get back to topic (I don't want to hijack my own post before I have even written it!
Here is magseoul - some 800 bulb lumens:
Here is the maghid - some 600 bulb lumens (slightly overdriven ballast):
So what do we have at hand? 800 blumens of led power and 600 blumens of hid power... pretty much the same, especially if you take into account the fact that human eye is not very sensitive to so small relative differences in lumens (25% in this case).
It is the OPTICS... that's where we have major differences.
First some indoor beamshots; below is maghid (and poor std 2D incan mag as a benchmark):
Below is magseoul (and again the std 2D mag):
White wall beamshots tell you that the maghid is more focused... even though the magseoul is brighter and has more sidespill.
Next close distance beamshot, maghid and the benchmark, std 2D mag, side by side:
Below is the magseoul (and the benchmark):
The difference between the maghid and magseoul is much clearer in the pics above...
Far distance (ok, ok, CPF member Ra might say that this is CLOSE distance beamshot but that's another story
The same camera stand position, same place, same time... you can see the shed there with magseoul too, although not so well:
maghid, distance to the shed is 300 m:
You can barely see the shed with magseoul too, but unfortunately I could not take a proper photo of that. So this is where the upper limit of magseoul throw kicks in.
So what is my point here? Maghid clearly out-throws magseoul even though the latter has more lumens as can be seen in the white wall beamshots above. I think the difference between the two mods can be best seen in the close distance beamshots, the magseoul really beats maghid by illuminating way larger area. The lumens is pretty much the same; we have two different approaches here:
You want throw? Use small point-like light source and use one big reflector. That's the "power is nothing without control" approach.
You want flood? Use many light sources (hipo leds) and many small reflectors. That's the "there is no substitute for cubic inches" approach.
Thanks for looking!
-N
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