turboBB's Epic indoor shots (39 lights, multi-modes/bats, 336 pics, 'nuff said!!)

turboBB · 06.01.2012, 07:40

Hey guys, I recently upgraded my camera and have been away for a short while working on this massive indoors shots session. The new camera has a wider angle lens thus capturing more of the beam profile. It also has the ability to tweak the custom-white balacing (Blue, Magenta, Green, Amber) thus allowing me to attempt to reproduce as faithful an interpretation of what my eyes see as possible. While this can be done PP (post-processing), I don't always remember exactly what each beam's temperature was so being able to do this on the fly was a huge boon to the process. However, with that said, I'm still learning the in's/out's of the camera and may have over-compensated on the M axis a little for some pics so something to note if a particular shot has too much M hue. Another thing to keep in mind is that the door is an off-white, creamy color and not pure white.

As for the modes, where possible, I've captured all modes except those where it was so low as to not provide a meaningful exposure. For obvious reasons, I only did Max and Min for variable lights (but again only where the Min showed anything in the shot).

There may be shots that look pitch black but upon enlarging it, you can make out the beam even if just barely (at least on my monitor) so I've also embedded links to full size 1280 x 960 pics in case you want to do detailed comparos of the hotspot (this alone took a few hours and I'm pretty sure I caught all of them but do let me know if any links are broken).

I will continue to add to this thread as I get more shots.

Cheers,
Tim

=====

Lights in yellow are new as of 1/2/12. Lights sorted in alphabetical order by mfg. All shots were taken on a Panny FZ150 @ ISO-100, custom WB, f/2.8 and fixed shutter speeds of 1/8, 1/40 & 1/80. Distance to door is 5m (16.4ft) away.

4Sevens QMini 123 Ti
High

Med

Low

Dereelight DBS V2 w/Manafont XM-L 3S Drop-In SM
High

Med

Low

eGear X-Flare Pro Focus Control 400 Headlamp (review - unfinished)
High (flood)

High (spot)

Med (flood)

Med (spot)

Low (flood)

Low (spot)

Fenix L0D-CE
High

Med

Low

Fenix LD10 Premium Q5
Turbo

High

Med

Low

Fenix TK21 (review)
Turbo

High

Med

Low

FoxFury Rook CheckMate (review)
High

Low

ICON Link
High

Low

IKEA Ljusa (given how quickly this light dims, I wound the light between each pic)

JETBeam RRT-0 XR-E R2
L5

L4

L3

L2

JETBeam TCR-2
Max

Klarus XT20 (review)
High

Med

Low

Lumapower D-65V w/TurboForce Kit and XR-E R2
L4

L3

L2

L1

Nitecore SR3
L8

L7

L6

L5

L4

L3

L2

L1

Niteye EYE-30 (preview)
Turbo

Olight M20 w/Manafont XM-L 3S Drop-In
High

Med

Low

Olight M20 Ti
High

Med

Low

Olight M21
High

Med

Low

Pelican 1910 (review)

Pelican 1920 (review)

Petzl PIXA3 (HL was aimed so that the spot would be centered w/middle of door to be consistent w/other lights, further details of the unique flood/spot implementation of this HL can be found here)
Flood

Flood/Spot

Spot

Sunwayman T20C (review)
High

Med

Low

Sunwayman T40CS (review)
High

Med

Low

Sunwayman V10A
UF 14500

ENLP

Sunwayman V10R Ti
Max

Sunwayman V60C (review)
Max

Min

turboBB · 06.01.2012, 07:41

Lights in yellow are new as of 1/2/12. Lights sorted in alphabetical order by mfg. All shots were taken on a Panny FZ150 @ ISO-100, custom WB, f/2.8 and fixed shutter speeds of 1/8, 1/40 & 1/80. Distance to door is 5m (16.4ft) away.

SureFire E1E w/kuku427 Warm XP-G 3S Tower
High

Med

Low

SureFire E2DL (200lms)
High

Low

SureFire G2Z w/Neofab D1000

SureFire KL4 head w/VitalGear FB1 body

Note: The KL4 head is identical to the one on the L4 and was designed for 2 CR123's @ 6V. These pics were taken on a single RCR123 3V (closer to 4V really) so check out the pics for the L4 to get an idea of what the beam of this head would look like w/2 cells).

SureFire L1
AW 16340 High

AW 16340 Low

LiFePO4 High

LiFePO4 Low

SureFire L4

SureFire M3LT (review)
High

Low

SureFire U2 (LuxV)
L6

L5

L4

L3 - this level is defective on my light thus no pics

L2

L1

SureFire U2 (P4)
L6

L5

L4

L3

L2

L1

SureFire Z2 w/Malkoff M60

ThruNite TN10 (review)
1x18650

2x18650

ThruNite TN11 (review)
1x18650

2x18650

XENO G10v2 (review)
High

Med

Low

Zebralight SC30 (review)
L6

L5

L4

L3

L2

L1 (didn't register)

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turboBB Увлеченный Регистрация: 25.06.2010 Последняя активность: 23.08.2013 16:00 Адрес: NJ, USA Сообщений: 110 Сказал(а) спасибо: 0 Поблагодарили: 104 раз(а) в 43 сообщениях	turboBB's Epic indoor shots (39 lights, multi-modes/bats, 336 pics, 'nuff said!!) Hey guys, I recently upgraded my camera and have been away for a short while working on this massive indoors shots session. The new camera has a wider angle lens thus capturing more of the beam profile. It also has the ability to tweak the custom-white balacing (Blue, Magenta, Green, Amber) thus allowing me to attempt to reproduce as faithful an interpretation of what my eyes see as possible. While this can be done PP (post-processing), I don't always remember exactly what each beam's temperature was so being able to do this on the fly was a huge boon to the process. However, with that said, I'm still learning the in's/out's of the camera and may have over-compensated on the M axis a little for some pics so something to note if a particular shot has too much M hue. Another thing to keep in mind is that the door is an off-white, creamy color and not pure white. As for the modes, where possible, I've captured all modes except those where it was so low as to not provide a meaningful exposure. For obvious reasons, I only did Max and Min for variable lights (but again only where the Min showed anything in the shot). There may be shots that look pitch black but upon enlarging it, you can make out the beam even if just barely (at least on my monitor) so I've also embedded links to full size 1280 x 960 pics in case you want to do detailed comparos of the hotspot (this alone took a few hours and I'm pretty sure I caught all of them but do let me know if any links are broken). I will continue to add to this thread as I get more shots. Cheers, Tim ===== Lights in yellow are new as of 1/2/12. Lights sorted in alphabetical order by mfg. All shots were taken on a Panny FZ150 @ ISO-100, custom WB, f/2.8 and fixed shutter speeds of 1/8, 1/40 & 1/80. Distance to door is 5m (16.4ft) away. 4Sevens QMini 123 Ti High Med Low Dereelight DBS V2 w/Manafont XM-L 3S Drop-In SM High Med Low eGear X-Flare Pro Focus Control 400 Headlamp (review - unfinished) High (flood) High (spot) Med (flood) Med (spot) Low (flood) Low (spot) Fenix L0D-CE High Med Low Fenix LD10 Premium Q5 Turbo High Med Low Fenix TK21 (review) Turbo High Med Low FoxFury Rook CheckMate (review) High Low ICON Link High Low IKEA Ljusa (given how quickly this light dims, I wound the light between each pic) JETBeam RRT-0 XR-E R2 L5 L4 L3 L2 JETBeam TCR-2 Max Klarus XT20 (review) High Med Low Lumapower D-65V w/TurboForce Kit and XR-E R2 L4 L3 L2 L1 Nitecore SR3 L8 L7 L6 L5 L4 L3 L2 L1 Niteye EYE-30 (preview) Turbo Olight M20 w/Manafont XM-L 3S Drop-In High Med Low Olight M20 Ti High Med Low Olight M21 High Med Low Pelican 1910 (review) Pelican 1920 (review) Petzl PIXA3 (HL was aimed so that the spot would be centered w/middle of door to be consistent w/other lights, further details of the unique flood/spot implementation of this HL can be found here) Flood Flood/Spot Spot Sunwayman T20C (review) High Med Low Sunwayman T40CS (review) High Med Low Sunwayman V10A UF 14500 ENLP Sunwayman V10R Ti Max Sunwayman V60C (review) Max Min

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turboBB Увлеченный Регистрация: 25.06.2010 Последняя активность: 23.08.2013 16:00 Адрес: NJ, USA Сообщений: 110 Сказал(а) спасибо: 0 Поблагодарили: 104 раз(а) в 43 сообщениях	Re: turboBB's Epic indoor shots (39 lights, multi-modes/bats, 336 pics, 'nuff said!!) Lights in yellow are new as of 1/2/12. Lights sorted in alphabetical order by mfg. All shots were taken on a Panny FZ150 @ ISO-100, custom WB, f/2.8 and fixed shutter speeds of 1/8, 1/40 & 1/80. Distance to door is 5m (16.4ft) away. SureFire E1E w/kuku427 Warm XP-G 3S Tower High Med Low SureFire E2DL (200lms) High Low SureFire G2Z w/Neofab D1000 SureFire KL4 head w/VitalGear FB1 body Note: The KL4 head is identical to the one on the L4 and was designed for 2 CR123's @ 6V. These pics were taken on a single RCR123 3V (closer to 4V really) so check out the pics for the L4 to get an idea of what the beam of this head would look like w/2 cells). SureFire L1 AW 16340 High AW 16340 Low LiFePO4 High LiFePO4 Low SureFire L4 SureFire M3LT (review) High Low SureFire U2 (LuxV) L6 L5 L4 L3 - this level is defective on my light thus no pics L2 L1 SureFire U2 (P4) L6 L5 L4 L3 L2 L1 SureFire Z2 w/Malkoff M60 ThruNite TN10 (review) 1x18650 2x18650 ThruNite TN11 (review) 1x18650 2x18650 XENO G10v2 (review) High Med Low Zebralight SC30 (review) L6 L5 L4 L3 L2 L1 (didn't register)