nightrider
Enlightened
I've been promising some comparison beamshots for a while. In this case the comparison is a couple of my Triple SSC P4 (U-bin) LED lights against a Light & Motion ARC HID system.
My friend Gina was nice enough to loan me her HID system for the shots. All shots are at F2.8, 1/4 sec, ISO 200. The L&M HID has high (13.5w) and low (11.5w) power settings, so I took shots using both power settings. After letting the HID warm up for about two minutes here are the comparison shots:
<- Triple SSC AL
Triple SSC CH ->
It's nice to know that my Triple SSC P4 lights running at 11.8 watts stand up pretty well against the HID at 13.5 watts. The HID does have more side spill that does not show up well in these photos. Aside from looking different, my two lights above are basically the same light. The one exception is that the light I used in the beam shot (Triple SSC AL) looks just like the all-aluminum one on the left, but has a modified IMS 20 reflector instead of the 5 degree optic in the middle... that's why it's beam is slightly different from the Copperhead. More info on my lights can be found at my website and more info on the L&M ARC HID can be found at their website.
I hope this gives you guys more motivation to keep building your DIY LED bikelights... give the HIDs some competition!
My friend Gina was nice enough to loan me her HID system for the shots. All shots are at F2.8, 1/4 sec, ISO 200. The L&M HID has high (13.5w) and low (11.5w) power settings, so I took shots using both power settings. After letting the HID warm up for about two minutes here are the comparison shots:
Triple SSC CH ->
It's nice to know that my Triple SSC P4 lights running at 11.8 watts stand up pretty well against the HID at 13.5 watts. The HID does have more side spill that does not show up well in these photos. Aside from looking different, my two lights above are basically the same light. The one exception is that the light I used in the beam shot (Triple SSC AL) looks just like the all-aluminum one on the left, but has a modified IMS 20 reflector instead of the 5 degree optic in the middle... that's why it's beam is slightly different from the Copperhead. More info on my lights can be found at my website and more info on the L&M ARC HID can be found at their website.
I hope this gives you guys more motivation to keep building your DIY LED bikelights... give the HIDs some competition!