coldlocus said:
Wow, the Elly is close to your L2d? From what I've read, the L2D is much brighter than L1D. So the creed Elly should be brighter than the L1D? That's very cool.:rock:
Sorry to dash your hopes, but I'm afraid not.
I've modded my regular Elly with a Cree P4, and throw is now the same as the L1DCE on high according to my light meter. However, overall output of the L1DCE is still about 25% brighter than the cree-moded Elly. And of course, the L2D on high is at least 50% brighter than the L1D, so there is simply no comparison.
I'm still waiting on on my DX cree-Elly to arrive, but I'm sure throw will be significantly less due to the OP reflector. I also seriously doubt the overall ouput will be up to L1D standards given my own mod results.
Not that the Elly-cree isn't a good buy ... but it's not going to exceed a L1D.