Artifacts in Lux III\'s ??!?!
Hi guys,
I am curious if others have noticed a few of the new Lux III's with artifacts? I have had a few of these LED's, from different bins that have shown some yellow and or blue in the corona around the spot beam in a PR application. I recently received some TW0J Lux III's which are very bright and efficient but the first three that I have built out all have evidence of colored artifacts in the corona around the hot spot. I don't use optics in my builds these days since I am concentrating on the PR but for the heck of it, I dropped a NX05 down on one of these LED's and the focused optic certainly shows some blue satellite artifacts. I wonder if the EOS coating isn't thin in some places, especially with the T rank?!?! None of the S rank III's so far have shown such artifacts in my limited experience. Has anyone else noticed this? I am now suspicious that some of these Lux III's are going to turn out to be characters as well.
For data points, I recall noticing this in TX1K, TWAK, TV0K and now TW0J.
They say the truth will set you free. Hah! For me as a modder, this possible truth is a PITA!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif Although these artifacts don't bother me, I feel the standard here at CPF is such that anything short of full disclosure on any possible color discrepancy could result in disappointment if not hard feelings. There have been times in the Luxeon evolution when I personally felt that our expectations, as a group, was above and beyond the capabilities of the current technology and manufacturing standards. It seemed that Lumileds had closed the gap with the Lux III's but now I wonder once again................
Hi guys,
I am curious if others have noticed a few of the new Lux III's with artifacts? I have had a few of these LED's, from different bins that have shown some yellow and or blue in the corona around the spot beam in a PR application. I recently received some TW0J Lux III's which are very bright and efficient but the first three that I have built out all have evidence of colored artifacts in the corona around the hot spot. I don't use optics in my builds these days since I am concentrating on the PR but for the heck of it, I dropped a NX05 down on one of these LED's and the focused optic certainly shows some blue satellite artifacts. I wonder if the EOS coating isn't thin in some places, especially with the T rank?!?! None of the S rank III's so far have shown such artifacts in my limited experience. Has anyone else noticed this? I am now suspicious that some of these Lux III's are going to turn out to be characters as well.
For data points, I recall noticing this in TX1K, TWAK, TV0K and now TW0J.
They say the truth will set you free. Hah! For me as a modder, this possible truth is a PITA!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif Although these artifacts don't bother me, I feel the standard here at CPF is such that anything short of full disclosure on any possible color discrepancy could result in disappointment if not hard feelings. There have been times in the Luxeon evolution when I personally felt that our expectations, as a group, was above and beyond the capabilities of the current technology and manufacturing standards. It seemed that Lumileds had closed the gap with the Lux III's but now I wonder once again................