Hello All,
Today, this project become a sure thing. First professional glass lens, 405nm, AR COATED for blue pointers, transmittance over 97%. I have booth lens on my hand.
What about lens? Has been designed for our needs (blue laser pointers), factory assembled (is a ISO/TUV factory, working for major companies all over the world) so you should expect PROFESSIONAL QUALITY.
Very shortly, about my requested specs:
- not aging the diode (I was informed about borosilicate cons, and I excluded from start)
- Glass Lens
- High Numerical Aperture: 0.6
- Short focal lens 2-2.5mm
- AR Coated for 405nm
- Transmittance: over 95% (to be able to take out more than 95% of laser radiation)
After it pass their development department tests, we concluded that BETTER, for our needs is to have a DUAL LAYER LENS (2 lens inside instrument case). We decided to produce 2 lens. After it pass their lab tests (2 weeks), today I receive booth lens. Keep reading to understand...
First instrument case contain 2 lens inside, second one, contain only one lens inside.
About first one:
- named DL405PRO (Dual Layer/Double Lens AR Coated for 405nm)
- instrument case will fit inside AX/DX module
- instrument case has the same length like AX instrument case (which hold glass lens)
- keep inside 2 lens
- double coated (booth lens AR coated for 405nm)
- transmittance: 0ver 97%!!!
- FL: 2.2mm
- NA: 0.58
About second one:
- named SL405PRO (Sigle Layer/Sigle Lens AR Coated for 405nm)
- instrument case will fit inside AX/DX module
- instrument case has the same length like AX instrument case (which hold glass lens)
- keep inside 1 lens
- coated for 405nm
- transmittance: 0ver 98%!!!
- FL: 2.4mm
- NA: 0.5
Booth lens offer almost the same increase in power (20-30%) over AX plastic lens!
SL405PRO seems to be a little worse than DL405PRO, because, i can see near spot (focused at few metters away, some "blue noise"), but booth has almost the same incredible transmittance.
About Price: On 22 May 2009, I received quotations. 20Eur/pcs for DL405PRO! For SL405PRO they said that did not pass their quality tests, and wont be quoted anymore!
You should expect to have MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity), around 50-100pcs/order.
I will know for sure tomorrow!
And tomorrow become today, and I received the bad news ... they changed suddenly (22 May 2009) the MOQ! Our discussions/negociations are in a deadlock. I can't satisfy their Minimum Qrder Quantities (require over 10K Eur).
Also, as I said, in my laser current driver driver thread (30-800mA/5-16V):
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?t=22560
I not intend to deserve retail segment, so should be some peoples here, which take care about it. I will sell at cheaper price, in MOQ quantities, to few peoples which will spread this lens to our community using local shipping rates!
What I am planning is to do all things here, to produce it, and ship it to few peoples (our forum members) in small quantities (let say under 100pcs each per order), AT LOWER RATES AS POSSIBLE.
Al I want is to have/find some RELIABLE PEOPLES, which can spread this lens and also current driver to our community using local shipping rates (better than international rates and faster).
In the next week or 2 weeks, I will expect emails to: XELLA71@GRAD.COM from all peoples which want to join this project, containg their proposals, ideas, intended/needed quatities, etc.
- All correspondence will be private, and at the end, when all things will be cleared, I will post here the agreed results.
Note: if you tried to contact me at xella71@grad.com and not receive my reply within next 24 hours, it mean that I not received your message. In this case, drop me a private message here!
Also, I am thinking to mix orders (DL405PRO + alx's 30-800mA/5-16V current driver) to be able to keep price as low as possible for booth products, and have shipping cost/item as low as possible (under 0.5-1USD/pcs)!
I'll come back tomorrow with more information.
Also, I want to post some pictures soon. I don't have a digital camera, so will be a short delay (to meet one of my friend which will help me with some pictures of booth lens). Probably, in this weeked we will have it here!
Shipping and payment methods:
- the same like for alx's 30-800mA/5-16V current driver
Read here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?t=22560
To be short:
- shipping (tracked/insured) any destination, around 25USD
- payment: moneygram, western union, bank wire
Paypal in the future (not now)!
Regards,
Alx
Today, this project become a sure thing. First professional glass lens, 405nm, AR COATED for blue pointers, transmittance over 97%. I have booth lens on my hand.
What about lens? Has been designed for our needs (blue laser pointers), factory assembled (is a ISO/TUV factory, working for major companies all over the world) so you should expect PROFESSIONAL QUALITY.
Very shortly, about my requested specs:
- not aging the diode (I was informed about borosilicate cons, and I excluded from start)
- Glass Lens
- High Numerical Aperture: 0.6
- Short focal lens 2-2.5mm
- AR Coated for 405nm
- Transmittance: over 95% (to be able to take out more than 95% of laser radiation)
After it pass their development department tests, we concluded that BETTER, for our needs is to have a DUAL LAYER LENS (2 lens inside instrument case). We decided to produce 2 lens. After it pass their lab tests (2 weeks), today I receive booth lens. Keep reading to understand...
First instrument case contain 2 lens inside, second one, contain only one lens inside.
About first one:
- named DL405PRO (Dual Layer/Double Lens AR Coated for 405nm)
- instrument case will fit inside AX/DX module
- instrument case has the same length like AX instrument case (which hold glass lens)
- keep inside 2 lens
- double coated (booth lens AR coated for 405nm)
- transmittance: 0ver 97%!!!
- FL: 2.2mm
- NA: 0.58
About second one:
- named SL405PRO (Sigle Layer/Sigle Lens AR Coated for 405nm)
- instrument case will fit inside AX/DX module
- instrument case has the same length like AX instrument case (which hold glass lens)
- keep inside 1 lens
- coated for 405nm
- transmittance: 0ver 98%!!!
- FL: 2.4mm
- NA: 0.5
Booth lens offer almost the same increase in power (20-30%) over AX plastic lens!
SL405PRO seems to be a little worse than DL405PRO, because, i can see near spot (focused at few metters away, some "blue noise"), but booth has almost the same incredible transmittance.
About Price: On 22 May 2009, I received quotations. 20Eur/pcs for DL405PRO! For SL405PRO they said that did not pass their quality tests, and wont be quoted anymore!
You should expect to have MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity), around 50-100pcs/order.
I will know for sure tomorrow!
And tomorrow become today, and I received the bad news ... they changed suddenly (22 May 2009) the MOQ! Our discussions/negociations are in a deadlock. I can't satisfy their Minimum Qrder Quantities (require over 10K Eur).
Also, as I said, in my laser current driver driver thread (30-800mA/5-16V):
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?t=22560
I not intend to deserve retail segment, so should be some peoples here, which take care about it. I will sell at cheaper price, in MOQ quantities, to few peoples which will spread this lens to our community using local shipping rates!
What I am planning is to do all things here, to produce it, and ship it to few peoples (our forum members) in small quantities (let say under 100pcs each per order), AT LOWER RATES AS POSSIBLE.
Al I want is to have/find some RELIABLE PEOPLES, which can spread this lens and also current driver to our community using local shipping rates (better than international rates and faster).
In the next week or 2 weeks, I will expect emails to: XELLA71@GRAD.COM from all peoples which want to join this project, containg their proposals, ideas, intended/needed quatities, etc.
- All correspondence will be private, and at the end, when all things will be cleared, I will post here the agreed results.
Note: if you tried to contact me at xella71@grad.com and not receive my reply within next 24 hours, it mean that I not received your message. In this case, drop me a private message here!
Also, I am thinking to mix orders (DL405PRO + alx's 30-800mA/5-16V current driver) to be able to keep price as low as possible for booth products, and have shipping cost/item as low as possible (under 0.5-1USD/pcs)!
I'll come back tomorrow with more information.
Also, I want to post some pictures soon. I don't have a digital camera, so will be a short delay (to meet one of my friend which will help me with some pictures of booth lens). Probably, in this weeked we will have it here!
Shipping and payment methods:
- the same like for alx's 30-800mA/5-16V current driver
Read here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?t=22560
To be short:
- shipping (tracked/insured) any destination, around 25USD
- payment: moneygram, western union, bank wire
Paypal in the future (not now)!
Regards,
Alx
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