Minimoog
Enlightened
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- Jan 13, 2005
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Have you ever had a perfect beam moment? Where you lit up and noticed that the tint, shape, brightness, rendering and overall quality of the beam you were producing was as near to perfection as you could hope for the situation you were in? If so. what was the light, and what were you illuminating?
To start with, I had one yesterday. Nothing fancy: 2C maglite, LOP metal reflector, 2 x 26500 batteries, TL-3 bulb, UCL glass and usual MAG resistance fixes. I lit up on a gloomy muddy woodland path and the beam was like poured white cream over the terrain - chunky soft central hotspot blending to a smooth outer circle. It was 'as good as a light can be' for that situation - not overpowering or glaring, yet not dim and muddled. The 100 CRI was appreciated - and needed.
And a bonus one - from last week. Had a terrible day, headache, traffic jam, not very well. I lit up my HDS High CRI rotary on the second from lowest setting and used that for 10 minues while I got ready for bed. The gentle light was a true calming influence, my brain and eyes appreciated the soft 'firey' glow - like the last embers in a campfire. Felt better for that.
So how about for you - what were your 'perfect beam' moments?
To start with, I had one yesterday. Nothing fancy: 2C maglite, LOP metal reflector, 2 x 26500 batteries, TL-3 bulb, UCL glass and usual MAG resistance fixes. I lit up on a gloomy muddy woodland path and the beam was like poured white cream over the terrain - chunky soft central hotspot blending to a smooth outer circle. It was 'as good as a light can be' for that situation - not overpowering or glaring, yet not dim and muddled. The 100 CRI was appreciated - and needed.
And a bonus one - from last week. Had a terrible day, headache, traffic jam, not very well. I lit up my HDS High CRI rotary on the second from lowest setting and used that for 10 minues while I got ready for bed. The gentle light was a true calming influence, my brain and eyes appreciated the soft 'firey' glow - like the last embers in a campfire. Felt better for that.
So how about for you - what were your 'perfect beam' moments?