WadeF
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was bored tonight and I've always wanted to try mounting a Fenix P2D or P3D to my Zebralight's headband. I've seen others do this. I figured I'd try my P2D Q5 since it's smaller and lighter than a P3D. So here is what the rig looked like (sorry, not going to see me with this on my head, unless you buy me some drinks first):
Control shot, all shots at f2.8, 1 second, ISO 100, WB Daylight:
Zebralight H50-Q5 on LOW (Yeah, not much difference, 1second not long enough to show it):
Zebralight on LOW with Fenix P2D Q5 on LOW (Distance to wall about 10 feet):
Zebralight on HIGH (Total flood, this is more than a "wall of light", this is a "room of light")
Zebralight HIGH and Fenix P2D TURBO:
Just for fun, Zebralight HIGH, P2D Turbo, Dereelight CL1H V2 w/ OP HIGH, Dereelight CL1H V3 smooth reflector HIGH:
To show what the Zebralight actually looks like to my eyes I found an exposure of f2.8, 7 seconds, ISO 100 to look closer to what I see with my semi-night adapted eyes. I had just been sitting infront of my dual monitors, so the low is more useful as your eyes become more adapted to the dark:
Zebralight LOW:
Zebralight MEDIUM:
Zebralight HIGH:
The beam is so wide that my camera's widest setting can't take it all in with me and the camera about 10 feet from the wall. So I just walked up to the wall. Now I'm at an exposure of f/2.8 and 5 seconds so the beam doesn't get blown out.
Zebralight LOW, an arms length (about 3 feet or less) from the wall, and my head is slightly turned to the right, I guess I could have looked straight ahead, oh well.
Here is a similar shot with the P2D Q5 on LOW:
Same thing with Zebralight on HIGH:
Here I am stepping back a bit and more straight on, probably 4feet from the wall or so, pretty sure Zebralight is on MEDIUM:
Well, there you have it. I started out just having some fun with the P2D and Zebralight on the same head band, but then I got carried away and took more shots of just the Zebralight. It's such a cool little light I tried to share with everyone how floody the beam is. It's a great light for using as a book light, nice even coverage, and LOW is enough for me, but medium and high would certainly have plenty of punch if needed. Lucky for everyone you can get these at fenix-store now. I had to wait a little over 2 weeks from Zebralight to get mine, you can find them here now:
https://www.fenix-store.com/product_info.php?cPath=89&products_id=434
I plan to order one of these for my father for his birthday. I think he'll get a lot of use out of it as he likes to tinker on his HAM radio stuff, etc.
For these shots I was running my Zebralight on a Energizer Lithium AA. NiMH's work great too. It can take 14500's, but it doesn't seem to be optimized for them.
Control shot, all shots at f2.8, 1 second, ISO 100, WB Daylight:
Zebralight H50-Q5 on LOW (Yeah, not much difference, 1second not long enough to show it):
Zebralight on LOW with Fenix P2D Q5 on LOW (Distance to wall about 10 feet):
Zebralight on HIGH (Total flood, this is more than a "wall of light", this is a "room of light")
Zebralight HIGH and Fenix P2D TURBO:
Just for fun, Zebralight HIGH, P2D Turbo, Dereelight CL1H V2 w/ OP HIGH, Dereelight CL1H V3 smooth reflector HIGH:
To show what the Zebralight actually looks like to my eyes I found an exposure of f2.8, 7 seconds, ISO 100 to look closer to what I see with my semi-night adapted eyes. I had just been sitting infront of my dual monitors, so the low is more useful as your eyes become more adapted to the dark:
Zebralight LOW:
Zebralight MEDIUM:
Zebralight HIGH:
The beam is so wide that my camera's widest setting can't take it all in with me and the camera about 10 feet from the wall. So I just walked up to the wall. Now I'm at an exposure of f/2.8 and 5 seconds so the beam doesn't get blown out.
Zebralight LOW, an arms length (about 3 feet or less) from the wall, and my head is slightly turned to the right, I guess I could have looked straight ahead, oh well.
Here is a similar shot with the P2D Q5 on LOW:
Same thing with Zebralight on HIGH:
Here I am stepping back a bit and more straight on, probably 4feet from the wall or so, pretty sure Zebralight is on MEDIUM:
Well, there you have it. I started out just having some fun with the P2D and Zebralight on the same head band, but then I got carried away and took more shots of just the Zebralight. It's such a cool little light I tried to share with everyone how floody the beam is. It's a great light for using as a book light, nice even coverage, and LOW is enough for me, but medium and high would certainly have plenty of punch if needed.
Lucky for everyone you can get these at fenix-store now. I had to wait a little over 2 weeks from Zebralight to get mine, you can find them here now:https://www.fenix-store.com/product_info.php?cPath=89&products_id=434
I plan to order one of these for my father for his birthday. I think he'll get a lot of use out of it as he likes to tinker on his HAM radio stuff, etc.
For these shots I was running my Zebralight on a Energizer Lithium AA. NiMH's work great too. It can take 14500's, but it doesn't seem to be optimized for them.
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