IsaaccHayes –
I understood what you where talking about. My comment was a poor attempt at dork-like humor. My apologies.
I don't know the chemistry that makes greens, cyans or ambers but I would think it would be an alteration to the chemistry on the grid that would produce a nice yellow-green emitter. I can see the usefulness and cool factor of such a light.
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jcciv said:
Snip... , and green is supposed to co-exist better with Night Vision Goggles.
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I've heard about this before. Looks like tsg68 agrees with you here.
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newg said:
Am I the only one who swears by amber?
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Not at all. Many members like amber including Double AA. I don't have one. There have been some discussions about tritium lights for pilots and map reading that were very interesting.
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revolvergeek said:
I love green LEDs. They tend to be very bright, and maybe it is just my eyes but they don't seem to distort colors really all that bad.
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Good point. Since learning a little more about light at CPF I've concluded that we all receive and process light differently. In my case green LEDs turn everything shades of green. Cyan seems to distort colors to me less than others report. In your case green doesn't distort colors nearly as much as it does for me. I think it is our eyes and how our onboard CPUs process it.
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jtice said:
I like cyan alot, VERY bright. I have a turqoise/cyan arc AAA, which seems 3 times as bright as the white version.
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When fishing, I clip a white ARC AAA on the left side of the bill of my cap and an ARC turquoise on the right side. I really like my ElektroLumens Modded M*g, 5W Cyan 12,720 lux light a lot. I'm sure Wayne J. would agree this should not be compared to a Mr. Bulk SNII @ I think around 8,700 lux (which I still don't have) in that the SNII has to overcome the phosphor and also the different outputs is like trying to compare limes and snowballs. I would think the SNII would deliver incredible rendition at ridiculous distances. The EL 5W Cyan Blasts out painful brightness.
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pedalinbob said:
i have a cyan 5w, and i can tell ya...it is BRIGHT!
freakishly bright.
dont have it permanently mounted in a light yet...
Bob
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I thought you had that thing mounted on your bike; or was that BentHead? I get you guys mixed up sometimes.
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flownosaj said:
okay, you're little miss Polly Prissy Poo...I'll leave the whippin' for Sasha /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
-Jason
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Thanks, Jason. To return the favor, please take my place in the long queue seeking the wrath of Sash's leather strap.
Quickbeam –
Clear, factual, concise and documented. Nice contribution as usual.
LEDependent –
I believe you are exactly right.
All –
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tsg68 said:
It is considered a balance to a pendulous problem.
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I quoted this because it also seems to also cover the general nature of the subject of green Vs red for night vision. Looking at Mars through binoculars this month? Red or amber or tritium yellow might be best. In a combat situation? Green might be best.
robk –
The only green I have is a four Nichia LightWave. It was my first LED flashlight not including key chain lights. It is used for late night household navigation. Zip for color rendition; very nice for object rendition. It is weak enough to not completely destroy my NV. I'll never get rid of it. I like 5Ws with slightly blue (full moon) tint the best but for seeing rattlesnakes, I think a warm 5W would be good to bring out the browns.
As far as your green light goes; I'm sure I like it much more than you do…good job. I won't attempt to buy it from you. Talented ModMen like yourself will simply re-modify the light to suite your needs or experiments or whims.
This is an excellent discussion.