There's a faint corona with almost no hot-spot. It's one of my favourite beams by far...does a good job of evenly spreading the light (hence, almost no real hot-spot.)
I know I'm a troglodyte and a heretic, but I prefer the relatively wimpy, inefficient L2 to its successor.
Thanks. Can you explain why? Is it because the LX2 uses a TIR?
I'll answer that. The L2 is one of the only SF's that I have more than one of. It's the most under-rated SF. The TIR lens of the LX2 makes it a great two-stage tacitical light. Using it for hiking/caving, you get tunnel vision, and the flood beam of the L2 excels. You can see what's at yer feet, your sides...not so with the LX2, with-out moving it around constantly.
It's been a while since I owned a SF L2 (Lux V version with reflector). I am familiar that many of the L2's have a donut in the hotspot. Is it typical to have a corona around the outside of the spillbeam?