Hey check out this Lumileds news. cool

[yaesumofo]

Date Posted: Yesterday, 11:16 AM
Source: Lumileds Lighting

Lumileds today announced Luxeon Flash, a new line of ultra-bright light-emitting diodes (LEDs) designed specifically for camera phones. The new LEDs are up to 12 times brighter than most current camera phone flashes, allowing consumers to take high-quality photos in low light at distances of 1 to 2 meters. The first camera phone utilizing a Luxeon Flash was recently introduced in Europe, and major manufacturers are expected to roll out models in the U.S. and Asia before the holiday season.

 

[Mark_Larson]

Damn, i thought most phones used Luxeons or equivalent 1W's already.

Don't tell me they use those tiny 5mm LEDs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif

 

[reefphilic]

Hi,

They are not using Luxeon or 5mm LEDs. They are using those tiny surface mount LEDs.

 

[tylerdurden]

From the spec sheet, this appears to be a Luxeon-III in a low-profile pacakge. The flat lens shaves about 1.5mm off the height. It's rated for 1000ma.

 

[KevinL]

This really redefines EDC light, someone did mention their phone with white LEDs was their EDC. From my experiences with a Q4H 1W LD Luxeon, 200mA as recommended by the datasheet for continuous-run applications still means quite a lot of light. But 200mA also means our existing EDCs are quite safe, for now.

*stuffs Surefire C2 in pocket* /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif

 

[tylerdurden]

BTW, Lumileds has a page with comparison pictures:

http://www.lumileds.com/solutions/solution.cfm?id=9