The Thin Blue Line.

[jaycey]

If its the last thing you do, get yourselves a 445nm, breathtaking.
Across the roof tops of North London...

 

[New_Reverie]

very nice. Now get a green, red, and white in that shot.

 

[rangedunits]

Be careful, there is tons of camera in london.

 

[CDHDC]

I love it. I can't wait! UGHH

 

[blackspirit]

Very Niiice. Will be building 3 myself soon.

What lens are you using?

 

[HaloBlu]

Nice shot. More please
What mW or mA are you using?

 

[jaycey]

Thanks for the replies guys, I am using the diode mount and lens from a Plasmon UDO drive (I got them when Plasmon UK when into administration)

Running at ~500mA, mw I dont know as I dont have a LPM yet

More shots to follow, although you have to be carefull where you point these things!

 

[lasersbee]

Wow... nice beam shot....

Jerry

 

[Morgan]

Thanks for the replies guys, I am using the diode mount and lens from a Plasmon UDO drive (I got them when Plasmon UK when into administration)

Running at ~500mah, mw I dont know as I dont have a LPM yet

More shots to follow, although you have to be carefull where you point these things!

500mah? That's battery capacity isn't it? Surely an edit in the future here.

How do those lenses shape up the beam. Is it still pretty messy?

M

 

[iwannapony]

wow seriously incredible, i was planning on making my first build a 445. but that takes two things time and money, time i have, money i dont. and electrnic knowledge cant forget that.

 

[pseudolobster]

I thought those plasmon drives had 405nm diodes in them, and they were only something like 50mW... Didn't those drives come out like 6 years ago?

Awesome beam shot though.

 

[ElektroFreak]

If its the last thing you do, get yourselves a 445nm, breathtaking.
Across the roof tops of North London...

That looks awesome, man!

What are the details of your laser? (lens type, current, driver, etc..)

 

[Morgan]

That looks awesome, man!

What are the details of your laser? (lens type, current, driver, etc..)

EF - Lens and current are in post #7 but no driver specified. I think the 500mah is the current anyway...

M

 

[ElektroFreak]

Thanks. Interesting lens.. divergence looks very good. Have you measured it Jaycey?

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

If anyone is going to measure divergence, Turn the power down -- Wear eye protection -- be careful.

These are bright.

HMike

 

[pseudolobster]

I looked it up, and sure enough, it's a 405nm laser.
Ultra Density Optical - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plasmon UDO drives were one of the very first applications of BR diodes, back about 5 years ago they cost $4000 to $8000. The lasers in them aren't very strong, like 50mW tops.