Hey Guys!
Sorry for the wait.
I got my M6 last week, and I've been trying out different configurations and comparisons. I've been experimenting with my digicam as well. Trying to get the best shot.....
Oh, and before I forget.....MR TED BEAR! POST HERE!
Mr Ted Bear was here and we did some comparisons together. He brought his LC100 with him. As well as a bunch of his other toys. Man, this guy has everything.....
All in all, we had a lot of fun. He took most of the shots of the lights themselves, and he should be posting soon.
As for the shots comparing the beams.....
I stayed up another 2 hours trying to get good comparison shots of the actual beams, and I must stress an important point.
I experimented with the exposure to get the shot that was close to what our actual eyes see. As you all know, you can't get it perfect. There simply isn't a lens out there that can "see" quite like our eyes can.
Because of this, one can actually "trick" someone. For instance,
1) By over-exposing an image, you can make the light threshold so low that anything above that light level will all seem white.
To put it simply, you can make a dimmer light seem almost as bright as a brighter one. So you could make an E2 seem to be as bright as a D3 or something.
2) By under-exposing, you can do the opposite. You can make a bright light seem very dim.
Anyway, though my pictures might seem a bit dark, it's the best representations of the lights and how they compared. But as I mentioned, they are not 100% accurate, so I will try to add some commentary to help. I'll also give you examples of this "trick".
Anyway, instead of posting everything at once, I will post one comparison at a time.
I will start the first tomorrow.
It'll be the "RAY vs. M6".....
In the meantime, here's a snapshot of the lights together. Since a lot of you don't have any of these lights, I've also added a 2D Mag (for size comparison), since we've all seen a 2D Mag.
Enjoy!
Sorry for the wait.
I got my M6 last week, and I've been trying out different configurations and comparisons. I've been experimenting with my digicam as well. Trying to get the best shot.....
Oh, and before I forget.....MR TED BEAR! POST HERE!
Mr Ted Bear was here and we did some comparisons together. He brought his LC100 with him. As well as a bunch of his other toys. Man, this guy has everything.....
All in all, we had a lot of fun. He took most of the shots of the lights themselves, and he should be posting soon.
As for the shots comparing the beams.....
I stayed up another 2 hours trying to get good comparison shots of the actual beams, and I must stress an important point.
I experimented with the exposure to get the shot that was close to what our actual eyes see. As you all know, you can't get it perfect. There simply isn't a lens out there that can "see" quite like our eyes can.
Because of this, one can actually "trick" someone. For instance,
1) By over-exposing an image, you can make the light threshold so low that anything above that light level will all seem white.
To put it simply, you can make a dimmer light seem almost as bright as a brighter one. So you could make an E2 seem to be as bright as a D3 or something.
2) By under-exposing, you can do the opposite. You can make a bright light seem very dim.
Anyway, though my pictures might seem a bit dark, it's the best representations of the lights and how they compared. But as I mentioned, they are not 100% accurate, so I will try to add some commentary to help. I'll also give you examples of this "trick".
Anyway, instead of posting everything at once, I will post one comparison at a time.
I will start the first tomorrow.
It'll be the "RAY vs. M6".....
In the meantime, here's a snapshot of the lights together. Since a lot of you don't have any of these lights, I've also added a 2D Mag (for size comparison), since we've all seen a 2D Mag.
Enjoy!