![]() ![]() ![]() I think up to 500 lumens is pretty good for indoor use. 500 lumens 500 lumens 500 lumensįrom here on, we will skip a few hundred lumens because the difference from this point onward is less obvious. Much less than going from 100 to 200 lumens for example. 200 lumens 200 lumens 200 lumens How bright is 300 lumens? 300 lumens 300 lumens 300 lumens How bright is 400 lumens? 400 lumens 400 lumens 400 lumens How bright is 500 lumens?Īt this point, the 100 lumen increase from 400 to 500 lumens is becoming less visible. You can see that the step from 100 lumens to 200 lumens is quite visible. 100 lumens 100 lumens 100 lumens How bright is 200 lumens? Here are 3 pictures of the 3 locations to give you an indication of how bright 100 lumen is.Īll the following shots were taken with the exact same flashlight. The last location is in my garden, with the white wall at around 5 meters distance. The second location is a shed at 65 meters, for medium to close distance. The first location in an open road with a reflective fence 200 meters away, to simluate cycling/biking scenario. To get accurate shots, I adjusted my camera settings to the following for the first 2 locations: Canon 5D mkII, 50mm lens, F4 1/4sec, ISO1600, 5000K.Īnd for the location with the white wall I changed the shutter speed to 1/40 sec. The next mode is the maximum output, which was measured at around 1775 lumens. Each click will increase its brightness by 100 lumens until we reach 1500 lumens. (the first mode is 10 lumens, and is only used to turn the light on). The firmware was built by Gabriel, and it has 17 modes. In this lumen comparison test, I used an Emisar D1 (v2) flashlight, with customized firmware. You need to find a good average where the image reflects what you see in person.īut the lower you go, the harder it is, because your eyes adjust to the darkness.Īnd if you’d adjust the camera settings at this point, all the brightest levels will whitewash your pictures. For the best comparisons, you should use manual camera settings. Topic 2: Flashlight Lumens guide: How bright is a flashlight?Ĭomparing different flashlight brightness levels can be tough, because our eye perceive light differently. So, you can’t say that a flashlight with more lumens can throw farther than one with fewer lumens. In our review, we measured the maximum beam distance of the Weltool W4 PRO at 3351 meters, while the maximum beam distance of the Acebeam X75 was only 889 meters. Weltool W4 Pro Acebeam X75īecause the Weltool W4 PRO has such a concentrated beam, with a divergence of just several degrees, while the Acebeam X75 is closer to 180 degrees. Which of these 2 flashlights do you think can throw farther? A Weltool W4 Pro with only 550 lumens, and an Acebeam X75 with 80,000 lumens. Now I will take 2 different kinds of flashlights. So tight, that you only see a little dot on a wall.Ĭorrect, the one with the tightly focused beam.īut we didn’t change the lumen output, we just changed the angle of the beam. With the other, you manually focus the beam as tight as possible. ![]() The light of this Maglite will now shine at an (almost) 360-degree angle. Now, you unscrew and remove the head of 1 of them. ![]() They are exactly the same, with the exact same lumen output. I’m talking about the old-style incandescent Maglites with 30 lumens. Imagine you have 2 identical Maglite 3D flashlights. I will try to explain it with an example. I’ll repeat: A flashlight that has more lumens, doesn’t mean that the flashlight will throw farther! A flashlight with more lumens doesn’t necessarily throw a beam farther than a flashlight with fewer lumens. Lumens and beam distance are 2 separate things. Since is about flashlights, let’s stay on this topic. What’s the relationship between lumens and distance? ![]()
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