How about some beamshots?
I grabbed some beam shots the other night, thought they might be useful to compare some lights out there with each other.
For myself, when people post beam shots, it helps me to calibrate what to expect...especially if they also include a light I HAVE in the mix.
The shots include an assortment of Olight SR90 (De-Domed) and the Magic Scorpion HID, and the DEFT edc LR - on some long range (500 - 800 meter) targets...they reached both.
The Deft did not visually reach the 800 meter target, but did visually reach the 500 m target....albeit the pics didn't show it well.
I also did some mid-range throw shots at ~ 233 meters.
I didn't do any shorter range shots than the 233 meter range....my camera battery decided it had been enough pics for the night....so throwers only.
A few (Proof I need a better low light with zoom camera...) beam shots for calibration purposes:
Magic Gashfire illuminating a Power Line Tower at 800 meter range (In real life, you could see it better, but the pics suck - apply accordingly to pics to follow, etc...)
De-Domed Olight SR90 illuminating same tower at 800 meters (In real life, it was easier to see than with the Magic, but you could see the tower was actually lit up by both of them)
The DD SR90 threw further than the HID did..it put a nice fat beam of light that lit up a steel tower 800 meter away, and the tree line beyond that, but there wasn't a decent target to hit beyond 800 meters, the next tower over was behind part of an island.
In real life, I could light the power line cables, but the pics don't have the resolution to show it.
Magic on Tower at 500 Meters
DD SR90 on same tower at 500 M, not zoomed (Forgot to shoot Magic unzoomed :duh2: ) - It does show how much light, proportionally, is slamming into the tower 500 meters away though.
DD SR 90 on 500 M tower
At 500 meters - the SR 90 absolutely flooded the tower with light, the limiting observational factor was eye sight not lux. Even at 800 meters, by eye, the steel braces, etc, were visible...and if I were standing at that tower 800 meters away, I'm sure I would see as if I had a light on, maybe not a really bright light, but I could probably read by the beam from across the lake.
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Pond, 233 meters to treeline on other side of pond - A building, visible as a light colored wall in some shots, was on the other side of that tree line, about another 40 meters further away.
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(I wish I knew what I did differently on this one, its the only in focus pic from the entire night
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DD SR90
DD SR90
At 233 meters, the SR90 beam is lighting up a lot of area, the footprint of a house say. The HID is putting a dimmer spot of light over a larger area, say a house and YARD sized area. Both have plenty of bounce off the concrete wall of the building behind the tree line as well. For this range, the HID works well, as the light level is quite usable.
DEFT edc LR
The DEFT was able to reach, but the patch of light was more the size of a small truck than a house, etc....in real life, you could see what it illuminated quite clearly though, and with good brightness.
So, I think the de-doming of the SR90 really woke it up. There is still plenty of spill to see where you're going, but the hot spot /corona have merged into a really nice fat patch of light that can project usable light at least 800 meters.
Past ~ that is too hard to see by eye very well anyway, so for what I use the lights for, 600-700 meters is great....and it kicks *** at that range...instead of getting there on a sub-lumen level as a stock SR90 would.