HarryN
Flashlight Enthusiast
Some of you know that I am developing a 2 x CR2 side x side light, and am playing around with various options. Last night, I was comparing the beam of a TWOK + custom optics + 700ma setup to my "beater light", a sub $ 10 industrial 2 D Rayovac on fresh cells. Before you start saying "not in the same class in any way", while true, it is often valuable to learn from the beams of other lights.
I do not have a Lux meter at home, but my eyes (yes I know the danger of using them) tell me that the Lux III light was substantially brighter, larger hot spot, more lux, and certainly a more whitish beam.
I shone both lights on a test target - an artificial flower arrangement in our living room about 25 feet away. While the target was VERY well illuminated by the Lux III beam, and fankly, not particularly well illuminated by the 2 D light, I could "see" the flowers and leaves much more clearly with the incan. I know this topic has been discussed before with discussions about "throw", etc, but my sense is that this is not a "throw" issue at this distance.
My sense is that the difference primarily is in the spectrum available to reflect from the various parts of the target.
If that is correct, then I am wondering if I would actually obtain better ability to make a target "visible" if I instead used Warm White Lux Is overdriven to 700ma than a normal Lux III, even though the Lumens measurements are clearly lower ?
Any experience with the Warm Whites out there ?
I do not have a Lux meter at home, but my eyes (yes I know the danger of using them) tell me that the Lux III light was substantially brighter, larger hot spot, more lux, and certainly a more whitish beam.
I shone both lights on a test target - an artificial flower arrangement in our living room about 25 feet away. While the target was VERY well illuminated by the Lux III beam, and fankly, not particularly well illuminated by the 2 D light, I could "see" the flowers and leaves much more clearly with the incan. I know this topic has been discussed before with discussions about "throw", etc, but my sense is that this is not a "throw" issue at this distance.
My sense is that the difference primarily is in the spectrum available to reflect from the various parts of the target.
If that is correct, then I am wondering if I would actually obtain better ability to make a target "visible" if I instead used Warm White Lux Is overdriven to 700ma than a normal Lux III, even though the Lumens measurements are clearly lower ?
Any experience with the Warm Whites out there ?
