Shootout - General Background
Litho (Carley) #1==>#7 Reflectors
Outdoor Shots:
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FiveMega "Pancake" & Modamag Series
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FM LOP, KD MOP, FM 2" Deep
Trio of FM 2" Deep Reflectors: FM Ver1 SMO, Ver2 SMO, and Ver2 LOP.
Rotating (thumbnail) GIF of three FM 2" Deep on WhiteWall:
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Large Head Reflectors
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I have been wanting to do this for a long time since I have at least 50-75 different reflectors.
This thread will grow, but first post is using a Mag85 and about 25-30 reflectors.
All shots were taken with AWB (since there is only one bulb/light source--i.e. I'm not comparing various bulb colors) 2.5sec F-3.5 ISO-100.
I'm using one of my original FM lights, namely the 3D 3s3p (9 x 17500) so I have a stable charge capacity output. I should do it with a regulated driver, but this will work as these 3p packs are 3300mAh with at least 45 mins run time and a flat output curve.
Anyone can use these pictures however you want.
This is the tray of all the reflectors I tested.
This thread will grow, but first post is using a Mag85 and about 25-30 reflectors.
All shots were taken with AWB (since there is only one bulb/light source--i.e. I'm not comparing various bulb colors) 2.5sec F-3.5 ISO-100.
I'm using one of my original FM lights, namely the 3D 3s3p (9 x 17500) so I have a stable charge capacity output. I should do it with a regulated driver, but this will work as these 3p packs are 3300mAh with at least 45 mins run time and a flat output curve.
Anyone can use these pictures however you want.
This is the tray of all the reflectors I tested.
There are a variety of bore openings of standard Mag head reflectors as shown in this (thumbnail) pix. You will see that the bore size makes a difference in bulb appearance.
Litho (Carley) #1==>#7 Reflectors
First sequence is using the Litho (Made by Carley) #1 through 7 series of reflectors with .38" bore for Mag85 bulb.
I always tried to find the brightest possible hotspot that looked good overall and point that at wall, or above the door of white carriage house below. If there were bat-wings visible, or a somewhat flattened beam correlating with the filament, it was turned to they displayed vertically rather than horizontally.
The abbreviations generally used with reflectors and correlating with Litho's numbering system:
The abbreviations generally used with reflectors and correlating with Litho's numbering system:
- #1 - SMO (Smooth, Mirror)
- #2 - LOP (Light Orange Peel)
- #3 - MOP (Medium Orange Peel)
- #4 - HOP (Heavy Orange Peel)
- #5 - LS (Light Stipple--which is a finer, grit-like texture than OP)
- #6 - MS (Medium Stipple)
- #7 - HS (Heavy Stipple)
Some of you may not have seen what the surface of reflectors looks like, so I took this shot (thumbnail) to see the light reflection showing the 7 Litho surface textures.
When we talk about "Bat-Wings" and bulb artifacts, this gif composite is a white-wall (thumbnail) shot at 5 feet of the Litho #1==>7 reflectors with optimal hotspot set the same as used in outdoors shot below.
That shows you the Mag85 hotspot, but also gives more of an idea of what is not as visible on the outdoor shots 50 yards away (below). In the interest of saving webpage load times, if you want to see the individual whitewall (600 x 485) shots instead of the gif, you can download them here:
Outdoor Shots:
This First shot uses Litho #1 (SMO) with Mag head intentinally out of focus to accentuate the "BatWing" shadows:
Rest of these thumbs have best hotspot focus selected:
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FiveMega "Pancake" & Modamag Series
Next up are four of FiveMega's new "pancake" (my term) reflectors which can be used with a sloped screw-on "cam" for stock mag bulb holder stem, or camless as shown below. These also come in a variety of texture coatings and bore sizes (at least I have at least this variety). In addition there are two ModaMag reflectors I got from the Sandwich Shop (I think). 
Here is the lineup of both sides of these reflectors which again can be better seen in larger image. Note that the ModaMag reflector has a smaller reflector surface area diameter.
Here is the lineup of both sides of these reflectors which again can be better seen in larger image. Note that the ModaMag reflector has a smaller reflector surface area diameter.
Again I took WhiteWall shots at 5 feet with same camera settings as Litho's of these reflectors to show beam pattern artifacts.
If you want to see the individual images instead of the gif, click on these links:
Outdoor Shots (gif at end):
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FM LOP, KD MOP, FM 2" Deep
These two are an old FM Fixed Cam .288" bor LOP & the KD .38" MOP with Removeable Cam with WhiteWall shots. No gif.
Trio of FM 2" Deep Reflectors: FM Ver1 SMO, Ver2 SMO, and Ver2 LOP.
Rotating (thumbnail) GIF of three FM 2" Deep on WhiteWall:
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Large Head Reflectors
This final section is using FM 2.5 Turbo, FM 3" VLOP (older style), FM 3" LOP (newer style), Delghi (Carley) 3" MOP .5" bore, Delghi 3" SMO .38" bore, & ModaMag's Colossus 4" MOP .5"
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? Just kidding great work, I have been waiting for this thread.
