Sunlite Eagle 8W Far Projection - Review - With Outdoor Beamshots

[TITAN1833]

Ok TIR =Total Internal Reflection optic/lens

Ryan I'm not sure if this picture will help but I think you can see the led is magnified 🙂

And here is a picture of the TIR lens itself

 

[Ryanrpm]

I got ya now. I have their 65 lumen Slim head and I believe it must be TIR then. I always thought it was just a small aspheric lens. But it does look magnified.

 

[Tirodani]

Edit: Beamshots added on Post #2 - 01/03/09

No TIR in this one. It's hard to tell, but it looks like this Sunlite Eagle Turbo might have some kind of optic in it (smaller light and lesser LED though, I think).

 

[TITAN1833]

I got ya now. I have their 65 lumen Slim head and I believe it must be TIR then. I always thought it was just a small aspheric lens. But it does look magnified.

Yeah and the 100 lumen head is with alu reflector,can you post a pic of the 65 lumen head?

 

[TITAN1833]

No TIR in this one. It's hard to tell, but it looks like this Sunlite Eagle Turbo might have some kind of optic in it (smaller light and lesser LED though, I think).

Is it like this head as mine came with TIR lens :thinking: and your is definitely reflector version :thinking:

 

[Ryanrpm]

Yeah and the 100 lumen head is with alu reflector,can you post a pic of the 65 lumen head?

Here is the only pic I have of it at the time. I'll get another soon.

The 65 lumen are the beat up ones. You can see the rounded optic on top.

 

[TITAN1833]

Yeah I can just make it out lol they look like they have been on my welding bench when I can get work that is.

 

[276]

I didn't even think to really look at my 100 lumen head till now but it does look like it has an optic sort of. If i look with both eyes i don't really see it unless i close one eye. I got to check my eagle 160 lumen head but that one i think its just a reflector.

 

[TITAN1833]

Ok I hope these pictures will help in determining whether yours are reflector head versions,this 100 lumen head is 100% reflector.

 

[276]

What kind of camera are you using mine coolpix sucks at taking pic's of reflectors.

 

[Ryanrpm]

Nice night tonight. Moon hadn't come up yet, and this is my fairgrounds shooting area. Lights I used are the RQ and the Eagle 8w.

No control shot, sorry. It was pretty dark out.
Since these are at a building, they will appear brighter than shooting at trees.


RQ from 650 ft.

8w from 650 ft

RQ from 760 ft

8w from 760 ft

RQ from 890 ft

8w from 890 ft

RQ from 1100 ft!!!

8w from 1100 ft!!!

Like I said, a building will light up easier than a tree. What you see looks like what I saw with my own eyes. I'll try to give you a google earth shot too.

Edit: Google Earth shot showing my final distance.

 

[TITAN1833]

What kind of camera are you using mine coolpix sucks at taking pic's of reflectors.

Mine is just a cheap concord 5340z 5.0 megapixels F=5.90~17.17 F#2.65~4.97 I just use macro for those shots 😀

Nice night tonight. Moon hadn't come up yet, and this is my fairgrounds shooting area. Lights I used are the RQ and the Eagle 8w.



Like I said, a building will light up easier than a tree. What you see looks like what I saw with my own eyes. I'll try to give you a google earth shot too.

thanks Ryan this is what I found 1200 seems close to the max range as with DBS which is now why the DBS only sports a OP reflector as I prefer the 8W over it for throw and colour rendition 😀😀

but bear in mind the 8w is smaller light form so it is better IMO and when the 16w comes out well look out A10's DBS's


I will also add the 8W has more user light as the spill is brighter than the DBS so my verdict the sunlite 8W wins IMO :twothumbs

I now have a new throw king until the 16W comes out that is hehe!

 

[276]

Thanks last, night i figure out how to use my macro mode on my camera.

 

[TITAN1833]

My attempt at a wall shot about 10ft away eagle 8W.In this one the corona is mixed with the hotspot BTW It's not on turbo.I need some more camera tuition me thinks or time for a new camera.

 

[Ryanrpm]

The white vertical beam in the photo below your picture looks like it is the beam of the flashlight? If so, that could give us all a glimspe of how small the hotspot is compared to the corona, then the spill outside of that.

Can anyone tell me how to take pictures of the lit emitter? I have welding lenses and such, but I can't seem to get the camera to focus on the emitter.

 

[Ryanrpm]

So 276,

You planning on getting the Eagle 8w????

 

[Glenn7]

TITAN that is about as good a picture as you could take with the camera you have - and may i say not bad :thumbsup: - but always remember to use a tripod (or rest it on something)for the camera and flashlight outside at night - as blur is your worst enemy at slow shutter speeds - oh and if you have a timer on your camera - use that as it stops all blur even the movement of your finger on the shutter will cause camera shake even if its on a tripod.
and one more thing TITAN i would call that a blue wall shot

Ryan - to get a pic of the emitter use a tripod for the camera and put the 8W on a pillow - leave the 8W turned off - put the lens into manual focus & set the camera settings into manual - then set the iso at 100 then set F stop to F22 (or higher if your lens can) and set shutter speed @ 500 - then manually focus the lens on the emitter - then you will be in focus all the time and only have to adjust the shutter speed up for each photo until you get the right exposure you are after.
so turn on the 8W and go for it :thumbsup: - and you wont need welding goggles but you might need sunglasses.

hope that helps :naughty:

 

[276]

So 276,

You planning on getting the Eagle 8w????

Not as of yet need more cash for doing that.

 

[divine]

If you ask me, the emitter looks like a Golden Dragon with the second die. The tint also looks like a Golden Dragon.

I don't know if a newer Golden Dragon would do 300 lumens, but I know the Diamond Dragon can do 400 lumens from a single die. I haven't seen a closeup of a Diamond Dragon, though, so I'm not sure what it looks like.

 

[phantom23]

It looks very similar to Diamond Dragon without lens. ODD produces 255lm@1,4A (typical) and can be driven up to 2A. Osram says it has very lot thermal resistance (2,5K/W), Sunlite says:

It has better thermo management than Cree, Lumileds
and Seoul LEDs.

So it may be Osram Diamond Dragon or ODD chip with Sunlite's dome.