Re: Reke 500RGB
I decided to use my Reke 500 to add to my halloween decorations this year, but unfortunately not the way I wanted to because I dont have a DAC card, ILDA connector or software to program it yet. If I did I would've projected skulls, pumpkins, burning zombies, ect onto the side of my garage - which would've been awesome when setup correctly & safely for all the halloweenies. Instead I decided to run the laser on demo mode & have it shoot across our cemetery from about 4' above the ground down to your feet. Because of this angle none of the patterns were really distinguishable all spread out across my front lawn, but I still had a colorful beamshow & a lot of compliments on how it looked! Here's a few pics.....
From the end of my driveway.....
View from across the street with lots of fog
View from my driveway across the street. There was no wind for us on the 31st so I was fogging the hell out of my front yard. You can see in this pic that the fog traveled everywhere, the lights in the distance show the fog made it all the way across the park on the other side of the street.
I made sure when setting this up that at no point could any kid walk into the projection of the beam by limiting the pattern size. The area where someone could get an eyefull of RGB was restricted by a makeshift iron fence installed to surround our graveyard. It worked out perfectly, not once did anyone try 'seeing the light' in ways they should not have.
This also slowed down traffic several times (normal for our house on halloween b/c we go all out) and brought the attention of several passing police cars throughout the night. None of them stopped or questioned me about the laser when they saw it, and I know this is because (1) they already know I own several high powered handhelds which I've unofficially registered with them and (2) because the beam patterns were never projected high enough above the ground to hit the street or distract the general public enough for it to be a concern. I am guessing of course, but I also set it up this way in confidence that it wouldn't be a problem. :beer:
