Beamshot thread, post your favorites

I've never seen a beamshot thread here before so I figured I'd start one. Everyone please post your favorite/best/most interesting beamshots here, along with a description of the light used.

This is my most impressive beamshot so far, even though not very practical. It's a 100W 12V Halogen driven on 18V with a cheapo reflector. Hopefully soon I will have much better beamshots as I get more into modding.

gotta love it when its so bright you can't even see the object you are lighting up

wow this thread will be very interesting...:thumbsup:

this is a mag85 with 9XENERGIZER, FM 3D>9AA, FM MOP, FM bi-pin adapter, spring resistence fix, borolens, direct drive.
I have ordered a 2,5" throwmaster by FM 2/3 days ago...and of course I will post a beamshot with my mag85+throwmaster.
excuse for the low quality pic

anyone has an interesting beamshot?

FILIPPO said:

anyone has an interesting beamshot?

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I'm fond of the following A2 LED colors (from my A2 LED review):

Here's an interesting one:


That's with a 50mW 532nm DPSS. Exposure time is 8 seconds.

OK, I'm downscaling. Before and after shots of a keyring torch I modified.

Before: 1.5V, 200mA incandescent, powered by a single N cell.



After: 6 white LEDs, overdriven to a total 1.1W. The middle third of the pic is completely overexposed.



Photos taken at 1/2 second, f8, ISO 50, daylight white balance, in a dark room.

PS. Remember, the initial bulb had a CRI of 100. Huh.

TigerhawkT3 said:

Here's an interesting one:

That's with a 50mW 532nm DPSS. Exposure time is 8 seconds.

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WOW, good idea...very interesting thanks!

Here's the SF A2 GN beamshots through a cheap magnifying glass projected onto the wall. Shows both the LEDs and incan in action. First shot is when the incan has dropped out of regulation with nearly exhausted cells. The second one at full power.

Here is one I did quire recently.
Iso 200
Exposure 1/1.5sec f3.5
Distance light source to Ceiling Corner around 10ft
Its from a X464 Milky KL2/Leef/SW01 'Destroyer II' fed with AW's 1x18650

Ambient Lighting...

X464 at full blast...

I like the throw-abilities of this light (light source: only 1 Led), distance to the chair is 50 m :



Here a zoom-picture:






The light looks such a way:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/159372

Best regards

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Tom

Well I Finally got round to taking some beamshots.

I was originally only going to compare my standard HDS U60GT with a Seoul P4 modded one, but thought what the heck why not take them all out to play...

My knowledge of photography is very limited. All the photos were taken on a compact camera with the exposure and shutter speeds fixed throughout. Each picture show a desaturated version on the right to help compare the beams.



Surefire E2E


Surefire KL1 (TIR Lens)


Surefire KL4



XTAR 7W 18650 Cell (7Watts hmmm...)


HDS EDC U60GT


HDS EDC B60 (Modified with a Seoul P4 Emitter)


Huntlight FT01 (with a Seoul P4 emitter and Downboy 1000mA Driver)


Orb Raw NS - K2 Emitter


Modamag Draco Seoul P4


Fenix P1D-CE - (Emitter changed to a Cree Q4)


Surefire 9AN Commander (Seoul P4 and Flupic driver modded into blown bulb Carrier)


Surefire 9AN Commander standard bulb (SilverFox Battery pack)


MiniMag AuroraLite Hotwire with Carley H1499 Bulb


Added for Fun:naughty: (totally over exposed)

Mag85 Spot


Microfire K2000R Spot


Mag85 Flood


Microfire K2000R Flood


That's all folks!

All Mods were done by me and before joining CPF I knew nothing about flashlights.

Thanks to everyone how has passed on their knowledge, and thank you to all the international sellers who provide such a great service to us in the UK :thumbsup:

Terry

Nice beamshots! Love the images desaturated to greyscale. Gives a better idea of the light fall off.
:twothumbs

Yes Terry, very nice comparison-shots :twothumbs

Well done :goodjob:

Best regards

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Tom

Very cool Terry! Thanks for taking the time to post those pics. I think the Mag85 wins overall, but I guess that is subjective.

Here's one I did today. Stock light on the left (PWT), modded on the right (100/180 Rebel). Lights are otherwise identical.

Some people think that Fenix Crees have rings. Ha! I'll show you rings. Presenting...

The Evil Eye Beamshot



The flashlight belongs to a friend of mine, he got it at Costco. It is a hand crank light with a built in radio. It has 3 LEDs in a row, with a collimating lens in front of each of them. It does have a purple/blue tint, but not as violently blue as shown in the photo. The picture was taken with my friend's camera on automatic, I have no idea what white balance it picked.

Here's another beamshot, this time with the light held perpendicular to the wall, you can see the rings are circular and concentric, but the "eye" is less noticeable.



EssLight

Thanks to GTH (not a CPF member) for the use of his flashlight and camera.

As a sequel, I now present

The Lazy Eye Beamshot