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I recieved my 635nm Atlasnova "red" laser pointer about a week ago. I have given it A LOT of work since then, and here are my opinions on it...
My first impression of the laser when I opened it up was that it had a very solid, professional look and feel. It has a little bit of button rattle, but it's nothing that I would be concerned about. I do really like the button on this laser, it has a nice tactile click when you begin irradiating things. It's fairly common knowledge that ALN 635's are only 3mW lasers, that is really the only gripe I have about this laser's construction.
The beam on this laser is what gets me. I think the color is simply stunning, but more on that later. This laser has a fairly large beam diameter at the aperture, about 4mm, but it's very bright and has outstanding divergence. When you remove the endcap, the laser does develop wings, ie: -o- but the endcap does a great job of hiding them. It's worth noting that the lens on this thing is a royal bear to clean.
The color of this laser (which is debatable) is a very radiant orange/red. Most of the people I ask without telling them what it's supposed to be say that it's a dark orange. That really isn't a suprise to me because this laser is only 4nm away from "real" orange anyway. The ONLY times I've been told it's red is if it's on a red- unfriendly color like blue, green or black. This laser has a very faint but still clearly visible beam in a clear-wired reasonably dark room. My 660 that I had out for comparison was completely invisible. The dot is only marginally brighter than a 660nm up close, maybe 5x brighter at best, but the difference becomes more and more pronounced as the distances go up. This laser's dot IS bright enough to light up a dark room enough to see your way around in if your eyes are dark-adapted. My 660 can go about 500 feet, but I've hit a house with my 635 that I know is just over 3/4 of a mile away.
Now on to what I'm sure you've all been waiting on... the pics. The first pic was my Goldilocks pic, neither too much nor too little ambient light and my wife and I agree the colors are completely accurate on that shot. In all of my other 635 vs 660 comparo pics, either the 635 blinded the camera and the dots looked yellow, or it was too bright and they looked white. The three beamshots are 100% accurate, minus the yellow at the aperture anyway.
All pics taken at max shutter speed with no delayed exposure.
Accurate color comparo... (On a wall about 20 ft away)
Accurate beam color shots...
30 ft...
50ft....
Hope you enjoyed!
Rob
My first impression of the laser when I opened it up was that it had a very solid, professional look and feel. It has a little bit of button rattle, but it's nothing that I would be concerned about. I do really like the button on this laser, it has a nice tactile click when you begin irradiating things. It's fairly common knowledge that ALN 635's are only 3mW lasers, that is really the only gripe I have about this laser's construction.
The beam on this laser is what gets me. I think the color is simply stunning, but more on that later. This laser has a fairly large beam diameter at the aperture, about 4mm, but it's very bright and has outstanding divergence. When you remove the endcap, the laser does develop wings, ie: -o- but the endcap does a great job of hiding them. It's worth noting that the lens on this thing is a royal bear to clean.
The color of this laser (which is debatable) is a very radiant orange/red. Most of the people I ask without telling them what it's supposed to be say that it's a dark orange. That really isn't a suprise to me because this laser is only 4nm away from "real" orange anyway. The ONLY times I've been told it's red is if it's on a red- unfriendly color like blue, green or black. This laser has a very faint but still clearly visible beam in a clear-wired reasonably dark room. My 660 that I had out for comparison was completely invisible. The dot is only marginally brighter than a 660nm up close, maybe 5x brighter at best, but the difference becomes more and more pronounced as the distances go up. This laser's dot IS bright enough to light up a dark room enough to see your way around in if your eyes are dark-adapted. My 660 can go about 500 feet, but I've hit a house with my 635 that I know is just over 3/4 of a mile away.
Now on to what I'm sure you've all been waiting on... the pics. The first pic was my Goldilocks pic, neither too much nor too little ambient light and my wife and I agree the colors are completely accurate on that shot. In all of my other 635 vs 660 comparo pics, either the 635 blinded the camera and the dots looked yellow, or it was too bright and they looked white. The three beamshots are 100% accurate, minus the yellow at the aperture anyway.
All pics taken at max shutter speed with no delayed exposure.
Accurate color comparo... (On a wall about 20 ft away)
Accurate beam color shots...
30 ft...
50ft....
Hope you enjoyed!
Rob
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