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First of all, I'd just like to thank RHD for his excellent communication and understanding of where I live. I live in Seoul, S.Korea and I am a Canadian Citizen who is currently working at the LG main manufacturing plant near the DMZ. (within 3-5km). Yes our new retina screens are in the new iPad3 and are 2K resolution....
Paypal is idiotic over here and has it's own Korean registration page. (so does youtube)..
RHD's build was sent to from N.S. and it took about 5 days to get here! WOW, that was fast!
I think I misunderstood that it was not an 18650 cell build but a 26650 build... no matter, I just built a quick and dirty adapter for it. ~ note to self... go get some 26650's.
Here are the results.
Holy @@$t this thing is amazingly bright! the output is extremely blue, and doing a direct comparison to my other 445nm pointer, it seems a slight bit higher in wavelength. (especially during the first few seconds on). Yes, I have a pair of proper 445nm goggles!
The pictures from my Lumix LX2 don't show the wavelength well at all. I actually had to turn on a light to prevent the CCD sensor from recording blue over-saturation. Even when looking at the beam from the side. To my eyes, it looks almost sky blue but as you can see on the last pic, the laser comes out almost purple.....
:lasergun:
While taking the beam pictures, I had to be extremely careful to adjust the focus so that the beam would not burn a hole in the wall from 8m away. I managed to burn a hole in my beamstop. At a peak focal distance of 30cm, this pointer sets wood on fire instantly, punches brown glass, shaves arm hair, kills misquotes and roasts coffee beans.... no, it doesn't make lattes yet..
kidding...
The lens, RHD used is a 405-G1 lens. At nearly 3W ~2.7W peak ~2.4W it is one of the most powerful single diode 445/450nm handhelds on the forum.
I'll post some video later showing some demos with it in full HD.
Big thanks to RHD! This is a seriously impressive build.
:gj:
Notice the colour difference between the first 3 pics vs the last 3.... quite remarkable how some CCDs interpret blues... iPhone 4S wins for laser photography.
Paypal is idiotic over here and has it's own Korean registration page. (so does youtube)..
RHD's build was sent to from N.S. and it took about 5 days to get here! WOW, that was fast!
I think I misunderstood that it was not an 18650 cell build but a 26650 build... no matter, I just built a quick and dirty adapter for it. ~ note to self... go get some 26650's.
Here are the results.
Holy @@$t this thing is amazingly bright! the output is extremely blue, and doing a direct comparison to my other 445nm pointer, it seems a slight bit higher in wavelength. (especially during the first few seconds on). Yes, I have a pair of proper 445nm goggles!
The pictures from my Lumix LX2 don't show the wavelength well at all. I actually had to turn on a light to prevent the CCD sensor from recording blue over-saturation. Even when looking at the beam from the side. To my eyes, it looks almost sky blue but as you can see on the last pic, the laser comes out almost purple.....
:lasergun:
While taking the beam pictures, I had to be extremely careful to adjust the focus so that the beam would not burn a hole in the wall from 8m away. I managed to burn a hole in my beamstop. At a peak focal distance of 30cm, this pointer sets wood on fire instantly, punches brown glass, shaves arm hair, kills misquotes and roasts coffee beans.... no, it doesn't make lattes yet..
kidding... The lens, RHD used is a 405-G1 lens. At nearly 3W ~2.7W peak ~2.4W it is one of the most powerful single diode 445/450nm handhelds on the forum.
I'll post some video later showing some demos with it in full HD.
Big thanks to RHD! This is a seriously impressive build.
:gj:
Notice the colour difference between the first 3 pics vs the last 3.... quite remarkable how some CCDs interpret blues... iPhone 4S wins for laser photography.
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