New flashlight....with a square beamshot? ( not aspheric lens)

ninjaboigt · Aug 26, 2008

Im not sure if this has been talked about yet or not, but i found this beam shot to be pretty amazing...i donno if this has been posted or not, but i thought i'd share.

"Robert E. Fischer, CEO, Optics One Incorporated, Westlake Village, CA. Light Pipe: A new flashlight innovation that behaves like a kaleidoscope, creating near perfect light uniformity at the output end of the pipe."

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/science/20.html

Gunner12 · Aug 26, 2008

Well you can have a similar thing by using a reflectorless light and hold a black sheet of paper with a rectangle cut into it. It might not be as crisp as the picture of their light though.

LukeA · Aug 26, 2008

That appears to be a maglite with the focussing system from a digital projector attached to the business end.

Illum · Aug 26, 2008

just from reading the title I thought we are once again talking about recoil lights.....

theres too much material there, all you need is a diffuser and an aperture...you can build all that into a space smaller than a standard mag bezel. :candle:

Crenshaw · Aug 27, 2008

we might be judging this a little to hastily. THe article says that its like a kaliedoscope, perhaps its reflectored in a way simlar to a one?

Crenshaw

LukeA · Aug 27, 2008

Crenshaw said:
we might be judging this a little to hastily. THe article says that its like a kaliedoscope, perhaps its reflectored in a way simlar to a one?

Crenshaw

Like a projector.

brucec · Aug 27, 2008

Don't know why you would want a square beam. My Petzl Tikka XP has a sort of squarish beam too.

kosPap · Aug 27, 2008

and the Palmblaze has one using a reflector

KeyGrip · Aug 27, 2008

If the goal is to get rid of the Mag artifacts, I'm afraid they're a little behind the curve. I'm sure it has some specific application somewhere.

Gunner12 · Aug 27, 2008

kosPap said:
and the Palmblaze has one using a reflector

IIRC it uses an optic.

A square or shaped beam might be good when you when want to light up a certain area.

Juggernaut · Aug 27, 2008

I've had this image in my favorites for months now I figured it had already been discussed. I wonder if you can buy them:thinking:.

rala · Aug 28, 2008

didn't anyone notice that this was originally posted back on Mar 21, 2006

electromage · Aug 28, 2008

I'd like to see it compared to a decent flashlight, and what people think of it then.

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