Draco, Sage, Rosemary and Time

[kaichu dento]

Took this picture last fall and meant to post it at some time and now I just re-found it!
Draco, Sage, Rosemary & Time! (TiCN Draco)

Silly play on words, but when I saw the sage and rosemary, well, it was more than I could resist!

I'd like to use this thread for any comparison shots for the Drake or Draco by Modamag and especially interesting pictures; like this one! I know a lot of you will come up with more inventive, funny and well taken photos, but I hope you guys at least get a smile out of this one too!
Feel free to re-post any and all Drake/Draco pictures here!

By the way, anyone good at beamshots care to post some of the Drake/Draco here in this thread too?

This thread dedicated to Jonathan/Modamag, HKJ and Applevision!

 

[Ward]

You should buy a Spyderco Sage...

 

[ANDREAS FERRARI]

Parsley,Sage,Rosemary,and Thyme from Simon and Garfunkel's song 'Scarborough Fair'.

That song always reminds me of a girl named Laura that I was in love with back in University.

I wonder were she is these days?

Oh that's right-we're talking about flashlights-aren't we.

 

[hazna]

I need to get a better camera first...

 

[HKJ]

I do not have any beamshots of the Draco and Drake, but I can add a picture:

And here they are together with a few friends:

 

[DM51]

This looks like it will make a nice "Collection" thread, so I'm moving it to the Flashlight Collecting section.

 

[applevision]

Thanks kaichu!

Neat thread!

And HKJ, all hail! Amazing collection as always!

I will try to add some cool pics of the Drake this week!

 

[kaichu dento]

You should buy a Spyderco Sage...

Sage advice eh? What else could we do - have a girl named Rosemary? :laughing:

This looks like it will make a nice "Collection" thread, so I'm moving it to the Flashlight Collecting section.

Thanks! I thought about which section to start it in before choosing the wrong one!
Unless I'm mistaken you had a cool picture of three Draco's that I would look nice here too!

 

[kaichu dento]

I do not have any beamshots of the Draco and Drake, but I can add a picture:

And here they are together with a few friends:

Fantastic group shot!! :twothumbs

Thanks kaichu!

Neat thread!

And HKJ, all hail! Amazing collection as always!

I wanted to add an old image that I took that highlights some beamshots of my favorite little lights.

I will try to add some cool pics of the Drake this week!

No Drake shot there but I'm sure you'll come up with some good stuff - like a lineup of all your tiny lights! :naughty:

Hey, this is cool having posts from two of the guys the thread is dedicated to! Now on to my agenda of promoting the tiny Drake and Draco!

 

[DM51]

Unless I'm mistaken you had a cool picture of three Draco's that I would look nice here too!

You have a good memory, except it was a picture of 3 cool Dracos rather than a cool picture of 3 Dracos, lol. Here it is:

 

[applevision]

Okay... got some new shots!

First, the family:

From L to R: AA Eneloop, Maratac AAA, IlluminaTi, Aeon, MiNi 123, Drake, Wee, La Petit Killer (LPK), Streamlight Nano, TiFli, FireFli; in the foreground you see a Fauxton and the Picolight! In the background we have the Zebralight H501w, the NiteCore D10 and a Glo-Toob.

Glamour shot of the little guys:

From L to R: Drake, Wee, La Petit Killer (LPK), Streamlight Nano, TiFli, FireFli

Now some beamshots. Note: these are done on manual all locked with same f-stop, ISO, exposure time. I think I should have lowered the exposure or increased my f-stop as the brighter lights are sort of over-exposed... But you get a good sense of just how bright the Drake is!

The Modamag Drake on high, about 3 feet away from the wall

 

[applevision]

Just wanted to remind folks (since this is a tribute thread to the Drake and Draco) that those two babies pretty much OWN the brightness/size ratio. Here is a look at some of the best ranked from worst (La Petit Killer) to the best (Draco). I put the new MiNi 123 in there just to show you that it is indeed a "pocket rocket"... but not half as much as the Drake is! (Literally--the ratio is more than 2 times better for the Drake!)

           LENGTH:   DIAMETER:   VOLUME:      MAX:  LUM/VOL:      $:
LaPetit    23.25mm    14.25mm     3681mm^3    <5*      .0013    $ 95.00 
KD         42mm       10mm        3299mm^3     <5*     .0015    $  1.50
Nano       37mm       13mm        4910mm^3     10      .0020     $  8.00
Fauxton    41x23mm    7mm         6601mm^3*    15*     .0022    $  FREE*
Firefli    38mm       7mm         1462mm^3     <5*     .0034     $  N/A
MiNi123    58.4mm     20.3mm      18,715mm^3   189     .0100    $39.00 
Wee        34mm       15mm        6007mm^3     100     .0166     $ 51.00
Drake      33mm       13mm        4380mm^3     100     .0228     $145.00
Draco      47mm       13mm        6238mm^3     160     .0256    $155.00

In fact, I think that makes for a good CPF challenge... Is there a light (custom or production) that is brighter from a lumens/size standpoint than the Draco? If the MiNi 123 is only 1/2 as good... and that's using a tiny body with a very energy dense CR123 batt and the most efficient LED out there... it makes me think that there is nothing that can touch the Draco (and the Drake, its close second)! Fellas?

 

[Incidentalist]

Here's my Ti Drake and Ti Draco in bed with some of their Ti friends (Ti orgy? oo.

I've been meaning to get a picture with some of their bigger friends as well for the Ti collector thread. Once I do, I'll include it here as well.

 

[applevision]

Here's my Ti Drake and Ti Draco in bed with some of their Ti friends (Ti orgy? oo.


I've been meaning to get a picture with some of their bigger friends as well for the Ti collector thread. Once I do, I'll include it here as well.

Just beautiful!!!
oo:oo:oo::wow:

 

[kaichu dento]

You have a good memory, except it was a picture of 3 cool Dracos rather than a cool picture of 3 Dracos, lol. Here it is:

Hey, that's the one! You're right; picture of 3 cool Draco's, can anyone else beat DM51? I've only got two...

(These lights are: TiN, AlTiN and plain titanium)

 

[kaichu dento]

Just wanted to remind folks (since this is a tribute thread to the Drake and Draco) that those two babies pretty much OWN the brightness/size ratio... it makes me think that there is nothing that can touch the Draco (and the Drake, its close second)!

I think the only non-Modamag light fans are people who haven't tried one! (and people with big fingers!) :laughing:

 

[kaichu dento]

Here's my Ti Drake and Ti Draco in bed with some of their Ti friends (Ti orgy? oo.

LaPetite Killer, TiFli shroud, TiFli no-shroud
Wee, Drake, Draco, Raw, ThruNite TiKey

I've been meaning to get a picture with some of their bigger friends as well for the Ti collector thread. Once I do, I'll include it here as well.

Wow, that is exactly some of the pics I've been hoping to see! Glad you showed them all in bed like that, because erotic as it seems, it shows they know that at heart they're all related in their own little ways!

Think you could add in the missing names of the cousins on the right? I took the liberty of adding the names I knew...

Just beautiful!!!
oo:oo:oo::wow:

+1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... 8! + 8!

I need to get a plain Ti Draco too! I've seen lots of chrome and lots of AlTiN, but that's the first plain one I've seen, and along with DM51's TiN, I think I want one of each now! :tinfoil:

 

[applevision]

Here's my Ti Drake and Ti Draco in bed with some of their Ti friends (Ti orgy? oo.

I've been meaning to get a picture with some of their bigger friends as well for the Ti collector thread. Once I do, I'll include it here as well.

I'm not Inci but I can name all his glorious lights!
Top: LaPetite Killer, TiFli shroud, TiFli no-shroud
Bottom: Wee, Drake, Draco, Lummi Raw and ThruNite TiKey http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=240240

 

[HKJ]

More photos:

I love trits in my lights:

 

[Incidentalist]

Nice photos HKJ! I wish I could take pics that nice.


As to the question above, apple correctly ID'd all of the lights.