120m Beamshot Comparison Thread

I'm going to add more to this as I go, but my selection of lights that will light up 120m away is somewhat minimal

All the photos were taken with an iPhone 4S on HDR mode, and the exposure increased by 1 in Photshop.

First up, the brightest light I own

55W HID Spotlight (7" reflector)


Mac's Customs 3300L (High CRI - 2500 Lumens nominally)


Fire-Foxes FFIII


Jetbeam M1X v1 (the bare minimum for this range)


Ultrafire HD2010 (awesome bang-for-buck thrower)


Trustfire TR-J12 w/ KD "Beast Driver" (holy cow that's a lotta light - cheapest way into 4000 lumens at this point)


ElektroLumens ST90 Search&Rescue

always preferred "real world" beamshots to white wall or indoor ones!.. i guess the grainy texture is due to the use of high ISO. great job!

Added ElektroLumens ST90.

Always appreciate beam shots. They add a level of reality to flashlight articles. Out of curiosity, can you replicate your work on another TR-J12 and if so, what would you charge? By the way, nice work.

Nice!

BTW - Was the +1 adjustment to make it look more like it did to you on the field that night, etc?

Wow - a bump of a year-old thread - and a sad reminder of how I haven't bought any lights this year that can hit this range

applevalleyjoe said:

Always appreciate beam shots. They add a level of reality to flashlight articles. Out of curiosity, can you replicate your work on another TR-J12 and if so, what would you charge? By the way, nice work.

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I don't do mods services, sorry - I have 10 thumbs and a knack for breaking things. This one is a pretty easy mod to try yourself, though.

TEEJ said:

Nice!

BTW - Was the +1 adjustment to make it look more like it did to you on the field that night, etc?

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Pretty much. The photos looked a bit dull otherwise and didn't really reflect the true nature of the beams. There's only so much you can capture with an iPhone