Beamshots of All My Lights - SF's, Malkoff's, and Quark's

Bored on a Friday night. Having a few pops. Figured I'd try to figure out how to take some beam shots. Given that I live in the middle of nowhere in Maine its pretty dark. Figure these might be of some help to people trying to compare lights/dropins.

The outdoor pictures are set to ISO 800 I believe. Everything else was auto. I am not much of a photog. The tree I tried aiming at according to Google Earth is 105 feet away from my deck. I sat the camera next to the lights and had them all on high/turbo. Sorry if they are a little grainy. Camera used was a Canon SD1000. Fairly clear skies with about a quarter moon through some trees behind me. And a racoon and a deer that both scared the $hit out of me. I almost shot them. Anyways.

Control Shot (That lone tree just right of center was the target)


The Lineup

Again


Mag 2C (Tight Focus)

Mag 4D

Quark Turbo 123x2 R5


Surefire L1 65/10

Surefire P60 Stock

Malkoff M61

Malkoff M61L

Malkoff M61LL

Surefire 6P LED

Malkoff M60LF

Surefire 6PX Pro High

Surefire E1B (High) 110/5

Streamlight TLR1S (Weapon Light)

Zebralight SC60

Surefire P60 Stock



Indoor Shots
Shooting at a wall about 15 feet away. ISO set to Auto. All other settings default. Sorry about the focus I couldn't always get it to focus on the hotspot, thus blurring the rest of it. I'll get better.

Control Shot

Mag 2C (Focused)

Mag 4D

Surefire 6PX Pro (Low)

Surefire 6PX Pro (High)

Zebralight SC60

Surefire E1B (Low)

Surefire E1B (High)

Surefire L1 (Low)

Surefire L1 (High)

Surefire P60 Stock

Quark Turbo 123x2

Malkoff M61

Malkoff M61L

Malkoff M61LL

Malkoff M60LF


Malkoff M31L

Streamlight TLR1S

Quark Preon Revo (High)

Fenix E01 (Quite Purple eh?)

Surefire P90

Surefire P60 LED



Ok thanks for looking guys. I think I need a new camera. I hope I don't find any megapixelforums website or Ill be even more broke than I have become since I found this GD site in August.

wow that SC60 does pretty good overall

Yeah...that and the Malkoffs are the clear winners.

+1 on SC60, can't wait for the XM-L version

Thank you Tommygun for the Beamshots, nicely done!

off topic here...but an appropriate handle their 'WebHobbit', as a few years ago I was doing some work in Indiana and Evansville was just a short distance from my 'Mythical Job Location'....

Being from Canada and a firm believer in Santa Claus (aren't we all?);

I was quite taken a-back when I found out I was staying at 'Santa's Village' on 'X-Mas Lake' in 'Santa Claus', Indiana.....surely a tale made famous by local 'folklore' (a hobbit...perhaps!)

[Don't believe me....google it-the lake looks like a X-mas tree from space!]

Best trip I ever had....and now I can honestly say ' Yes Virginia...there is a Santa Claus!'

Ya the SC60 is a really amazing light. The Malkoffs are pretty awesome but they are one trick ponies. In my set ups anyways. Maybe if I figure out that high low ring. But either way my SC60 is typically a go to for me. I mean its .2 lumens will last 42 days on that 18650 in there. I have an AW flat top in case anyone was wondering. 2600 Mah I believe. The Quark Turbo is also an excellent light. Kind of excited/intrigued by that brand new one with the XML. The Streamlight TLR1S is also amazing. Runs on 2 CR123's and lights up a huge area with a great hot spot. I've never tried the SFx300 but I cant imagine it being any better.

off topic here...but an appropriate handle their 'WebHobbit', as a few years ago I was doing some work in Indiana and Evansville was just a short distance from my 'Mythical Job Location'....

Being from Canada and a firm believer in Santa Claus (aren't we all?);

I was quite taken a-back when I found out I was staying at 'Santa's Village' on 'X-Mas Lake' in 'Santa Claus', Indiana.....surely a tale made famous by local 'folklore' (a hobbit...perhaps!)

[Don't believe me....google it-the lake looks like a X-mas tree from space!]

Best trip I ever had....and now I can honestly say ' Yes Virginia...there is a Santa Claus!'

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The amusement park there used to be called Santa Claus Land....a few years ago they renamed it "Holiday World".

A bit off topic? Haha what the heck are you talking about? Does that relate to something I said?