See your emitter in a glass of water.

jimmy1970

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Probably old news here but....

Just goofing around today with my McGizmo Sundrop 3S whilst on the low mode. I pointed the light beam into a glass of water and found that I could see all of the detail of the 6 die emitter when looking at the reflection on the waters surface - without the excessive glare found when looking directly at the emitter even on the low mode.

Nice to see that much detail without going blind in the process!

James.....:)
 

TheInvader

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I've found that taking a 50mm prime lens opened up (f/1.8) from a SLR will display a nice emitter pointed on a white wall.
Works like an asperic.
Can't take photos as it's washed out, but I can see 4 squares from my LD01's XRE led.
A luxIII only has 1 square.
 

Illum

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if your hesitant about water resistance...and its a reflectored light, use a magnifying glass lens, adjust the spacing until you get optimum focus. If the current level is set low enough I can count MCE bond wires on the wall:grin2:
 

Hitthespot

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NOW you tell me !


:cool:


Thanks for the tip.

LOL!
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Locoboy5150

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I thought that this was the goofiest thing I've ever heard. But then I tried it with my Fenix TK40 (Cree MC-E LED) and it works. Pretty cool! :)
 
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