1st v2.12 test data

**fatchick1o9** · 04-03-2011, 02:03 PM

Riptide:

I've never seen that Harpoon IPA around the stores here. But I always love trying a new IPA. Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Double IPA is my "go to" standard. But I've recently found a Hercules Double IPA (10 percent by vol) that is my "special treat" IPA. Dang I love living in the Pacific Northwest where awesome craft beers are a right, not a privileged.

Regarding the videos:

My only complaint is with the 2nd video. The Sony Handycam's AutoFocus had difficulty staying focused with no ambient lighting. So to my eye it looks like the IR output is a bit out of focus so it makes it look a little bigger, like the IR light source is "blooming" (it's a TV term for an unfocused white light source on a black back ground). But that doesnt really effect light intensity. So I'm going to try reshooting the 2nd video and see if I can disable AutoFocus or use just a tiny bit of background lighting to help the AutoFocus stay locked in.

I'm actually quite excited to see some results when some of our fellow CM enthusiasts get a chance to put the hardware through a proper battery of tests. For me personally, comparing LI vs Blinder is kinda of tough. I can appreciate the merits of comparing hardware Vs hardware performance. But for me performance Vs value/cost is a huge factor. Mainly because I know not all CM users are swimming in money, so we sometime have to base our choices on "how much performance do I need Vs how much performance can I afford?"

Man I would kill to see/do a full on breakdown comparison of power output, jamming performance & cost analysis. But to do it properly would require time and special equipment that is beyond me at this point. Call it a geek's wet dream.

**fatchick1o9** · 04-03-2011, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by jmccam

I compared the two videos during each pulse phase and it would appear that the 2.12 are firing brighter and these are being video taped at a farther distance. Interesting, considering these are not brute force jammers.

Just for clarification, the distances are actually the same. v2.6 car<->camera = 40'. v2.12 car<->camera = 40'. It's kind of deceiving in the videos because there is some foreground lighting in video 1. That's part of the reason I'm gonna try reshooting the 2nd video. That AutoFocus issue was bugging me.

I picked the 40' mark because that was the max range of sensitivity for my v2.6 + LJT1 tester. So I felt it was critical to shoot both vids from the same distance.