That does show how badly these diverge. I'll bet you even had a beam expander on it. I've got everything I need to build a cylinder lens corrected NUBM44 and the host takes a Sanwu 3.3X BE. As soon as I finish my current project, this one it next in line. Thanks for sharing your video here.
The horizontal distance was just under 200 yards.
I had been breaking balloons and lighting matches (still editing those vids and may post later) and was having trouble so I took the BE off. I will be reshooting a compare and contrast with the quadcopter with and without the BE.
I am still trying to get up to speed on focusing to pop balloons and light matches. Also have some raw footage of me harassing a centipede with the Sanwu. Was a little shocked that while it did bother the centipede it did not really seem to do any damage. I suspect it was because the focal point was not on any single part long enough.
I also have some vid of using my JL PL-E Pro in red with and without the 10X BE. Kinda bummed out that I could not see the beam, but there was significant light pollution. However there was a beautiful circle with the 10X BE on the JL. The Sanwu even with the 3X BE never got close to a circle; a lot more like a thick line.
Most fun of the night was playing with my three new Sanwu red, green, and violet set; with and without the dazzlers. Also still post processing the vid of that. Another shock was that while I could not see the beam of the new Sanwu red the beam on the green was noticeable and the beam on the violet was easy to see.
All in all a fun night where I learned a lot; including how little I really know about focusing and using a BE.
As a FSU grad visiting for a home football game I will be going football crazy this weekend, but will check in with more vids next week.
