Is there a glossary which describes all the various bits and pieces in plain language without any jargon at all? For example, it's not much use talking about something which has a head but no LED if one doesn't know what the head or the LED include. And while I assume that "lego" means the ability to interchange parts from one light with those of another, it's only a deduction, and how does one know what part will fit with, or work with, something else?
I was begining to think I was getting a bit of a handle on some of this stuff, but now I find that for every word I think I've learned, there are three other interpretations, four slang expressions and twenty three abbreviations, to say nothing of acronyms (which are apparently often confused with abbreviations and initials).
Fortunately for the likes of me, there are lots of very kind people who are generous with their time and knowledge but even their explanations, while clarifying some of the mysteries, assume that I know what other things mean when I am left floundering in the wake.
Thanks largely to patriot 36, I've learned enough to order some bits which I'm hoping to be able to put together and hope that I've got it right enough to get something that works and gives me what I want..... and I've bought a few new and used lights that are giving me a good deal of satisfaction, so most of my mystification is coming from trying to understand both the questions and the answers of other newbies!
I've got an Eznite (which is great), an EX10, a Tiablo A 9 (also very satisfying, and I'm waiting for an extension tube that I hope will enable me to boost its output, a Wolf-eyes Boxer 24W and, on its way, a Dereelight DBS. The "kit" is a 3D Mag, an aspheric lens and a "drop-in" (is that right) that some as a kit. But all of these were more or less "off the shelf" and could be bought (and were!) without knowing much more tan how to make Paypal work.
What we need is a text book for the real beginner, even if one had to pay for it.
I was begining to think I was getting a bit of a handle on some of this stuff, but now I find that for every word I think I've learned, there are three other interpretations, four slang expressions and twenty three abbreviations, to say nothing of acronyms (which are apparently often confused with abbreviations and initials).
Fortunately for the likes of me, there are lots of very kind people who are generous with their time and knowledge but even their explanations, while clarifying some of the mysteries, assume that I know what other things mean when I am left floundering in the wake.
Thanks largely to patriot 36, I've learned enough to order some bits which I'm hoping to be able to put together and hope that I've got it right enough to get something that works and gives me what I want..... and I've bought a few new and used lights that are giving me a good deal of satisfaction, so most of my mystification is coming from trying to understand both the questions and the answers of other newbies!
I've got an Eznite (which is great), an EX10, a Tiablo A 9 (also very satisfying, and I'm waiting for an extension tube that I hope will enable me to boost its output, a Wolf-eyes Boxer 24W and, on its way, a Dereelight DBS. The "kit" is a 3D Mag, an aspheric lens and a "drop-in" (is that right) that some as a kit. But all of these were more or less "off the shelf" and could be bought (and were!) without knowing much more tan how to make Paypal work.
What we need is a text book for the real beginner, even if one had to pay for it.
