Why does that reflector look so.... plastic... ?
And AAA.... never thought one day Surefire would go that route. I suppose now that PK's gone and Size15s is married things really have changed
You just had to go there....
Couple things. First this photo is almost all Photoshop. This is OK as it's really the only way to get images to look purchase ready for press releases.
That said, that lens looks 100% photoshopped. It's much easier to clean up details post pic than to adjust the lighting perfectly for a press release photo, this can take hours depending on what your shooting. Im no photographer but have been on plenty of shoots. On my first one I was amazed how much time lighting took. You can get a better picture with a $1,000 light setup and a $100 camera than you can get from a $100 light setup and a $1,000 camera ( of course this depends on what you are shooting but you get the idea.)
It's a toss up. SF tried the plastic route with the original Fury and made a quick correction after a lot of people just didn't want that. But we have the other X series lights that are all acrylic lenses. I feel they positioned them far enough back that it doesn't pose a problem and in addition adds to durability of there most popular lights.
Another point to note is most people incorrectly associate size with price. Show any non flashaholic a Mcgizmo Saphire and it's cost and they will think you went Bat SXXX to spend that kind of money on a flashlight so small, we know better cause it's our thing.
All that said I think they are going with glass or maybe a very high quality acrylic. Joe Blow is going to want to immediately see a quality difference @ $60 so I am leaning towards glass.
As far as the picture at hand there is no way to tell.
Now someone PLEASE tell me this thing will take lithium primaries so I can sleep tonight.
