Arc-LS (& LE) photographs & knurling (error?)

[cybersoga]

Hi there, I thought i'd take a couple of pictures of my new Arc-LS.

The first one is a nice pic of the whole LS kit along with my Arc-LE.
arclights.jpg

The second one is a closeup of the 1AA battery holder - the knurling seems a bit different to the rest of the holders, it seems to have extra lines - is there a reason for this or was it a mistake? it doesn't bother me I was just wondering.

arclsknurling.jpg

Thanks

Andy

P.S. I don't have a dell system I just have a dell keyboard (and dell flat panel monitor) that spacebar could do with a clean!

 

[One001]

My single AA body appears to have same knurling as others. Can you post some beam shots? Do you have any violet tint in your beam?

 

[cybersoga]

The tint of the beam is fine for my liking, i think there's a tiny bit of violet/blue in the very center of one of the blobs but you can only see it if your looking long and hard at shining it on a white wall. I am a little red/green colour blind mind you.

Here's some beam pictures - take into account that the camera was at a slight angle in a couple of them so dont take the shape of the beam too seriously, also my camera can't focus properly in such conditions.
arclsceiling.jpg (about 3 meters) arclswall.jpg (from other end of room) arclsshelves.jpg
The beam is actually a lot warmer than those pictures suggest - I don't think my camera liked taking those pics much. And yes that is cobwebs and dirt on my ceiling!

 

[Sean]

Do you have any other LED flashlights to compare it too?

What battery pack were you using for those pictures?

 

[Sean]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cybersoga:
...would you like a comparison between the LE and the LS?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Sure.

How about the LS with 1 AA battery compared against the LE.

Then do the same with the 123 instead of the single AA.

 

[One001]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cybersoga:

The beam is actually a lot warmer than those pictures suggest <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks for the pics Cybersoga. How much warmer would you say your beam actually is?

 

[cybersoga]

Ok I changed my mind, those pictures are pretty accurate as to the colour - well the celing one atleast - the one on the wall had other light in the room. It's a lot warmer than a normal white LED, but not as warm as an normal incadecent light (which are too yellow for my liking). the colour is comparable to a "daylight simulation" bulb (an incadecent bulb with a blue filter), I think it's just right. The beam my LS throws out is very similar to prerelease one that craig tested - http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ there are a couple of blobs of blueish-white light near the center of the beam but it's nothing as drastic as a normal white led, or the LED in my ARC-LE.

 

[cybersoga]

I was using the 2 AA battery pack for those pics, i've just picked up a CR123 battery and the brightness is pretty much the same if not a little bit brighter. I don't have any other multi-led lights to compare it to i'm afraid - my traiser 4led teknolight went back for a refund after a week of having it (first run faults), and i gave my photon microlight III to my brother - so that leaves me with my Arc LE and a couple of maglights of different sizes (which are now collecting dust) would you like a comparison between the LE and the LS?