StefanFS
Flashlight Enthusiast
About a week and a half ago CPF user eprom asked me if I was interested in doing comparative beamshots with one of his CREE MC-E 5A J-bin emitters. It piqued my interest and eprom sent me a sample. eprom's sales thread for the MC-E 5A.
I used the following flashlight builds:
2D Maglite with 2S2P CREE MC-E 5A, J bin @ 3.4A. OP reflector.
2D Maglite with 2S2P CREE MC-E WC, M bin @ 3.4A. OP reflector.
1D Maglite with SSC P7 DSWOI @ 3.2A. OP reflector.
3D Maglite SSC P7 CSXOI @ 3.2A. OP reflector.
4D Maglite with OSRAM 64440 IRC 50W halogen bulb.
Dereelight DBS V2 CREE R2 WC @ 1.2A.
Pic of the lights will come tomorrow...
The OSRAM hotwire and the DBS are included to make it an even number and to give a perspective of the amount of light these high power led Maglites produce. The OSRAM hotwire is about ten times more powerful in output compared to the DBS, so it's a low and a high in relation to the MCE-E/SSC P7 Maglites.
The Maglites with SSC P7 & CREE MC-E can be found in these threads:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=212835
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=195358
The J-bin MC-E 5A emitter has 25% less output compared to the M-bin MC-E WC and SSC P7 DSWOI. But it does hold it's ground against the more powerful bins. In my opinion the light from the 5A is pleasant but not necessarily any better for rendering colors, penetrating fog/rain etc. It's more of a preference, if you like a warmer light from your flashlight this emitter is really good, the best warm emitter I have seen. Very much recommended for those who crave warm light.
It's four settings. Intermediate throw at ~100 m, lighting up a meadow, penetrating dense vegetation, lighting up an enclosed space. There are lots of different colours in the settings, so watch the details.
It's also drizzling rain/ice crystals and there's some ice fog. Really bad damp winter weather.
Setting 1.
Setting 2.
Setting 3.
Just a shot into some dense forest vegetation. ~40 meters to the farthest details in the hotspots.
Setting 4.
Two shots side by side up in the sky to show how the core beams look in rain and fog. Pretty interesting how the beams disperse in the fog
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I used the following flashlight builds:
2D Maglite with 2S2P CREE MC-E 5A, J bin @ 3.4A. OP reflector.
2D Maglite with 2S2P CREE MC-E WC, M bin @ 3.4A. OP reflector.
1D Maglite with SSC P7 DSWOI @ 3.2A. OP reflector.
3D Maglite SSC P7 CSXOI @ 3.2A. OP reflector.
4D Maglite with OSRAM 64440 IRC 50W halogen bulb.
Dereelight DBS V2 CREE R2 WC @ 1.2A.
Pic of the lights will come tomorrow...
The OSRAM hotwire and the DBS are included to make it an even number and to give a perspective of the amount of light these high power led Maglites produce. The OSRAM hotwire is about ten times more powerful in output compared to the DBS, so it's a low and a high in relation to the MCE-E/SSC P7 Maglites.
The Maglites with SSC P7 & CREE MC-E can be found in these threads:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=212835
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=195358
The J-bin MC-E 5A emitter has 25% less output compared to the M-bin MC-E WC and SSC P7 DSWOI. But it does hold it's ground against the more powerful bins. In my opinion the light from the 5A is pleasant but not necessarily any better for rendering colors, penetrating fog/rain etc. It's more of a preference, if you like a warmer light from your flashlight this emitter is really good, the best warm emitter I have seen. Very much recommended for those who crave warm light.
It's four settings. Intermediate throw at ~100 m, lighting up a meadow, penetrating dense vegetation, lighting up an enclosed space. There are lots of different colours in the settings, so watch the details.
It's also drizzling rain/ice crystals and there's some ice fog. Really bad damp winter weather.
Setting 1.
Setting 2.
Setting 3.
Just a shot into some dense forest vegetation. ~40 meters to the farthest details in the hotspots.
Setting 4.
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Two shots side by side up in the sky to show how the core beams look in rain and fog. Pretty interesting how the beams disperse in the fog
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