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HID BEAM PATTERN PHOTO SHOOT
We gathered for a ride at 6:00 pm on a night with no moon. The goal was to get a photo of the beam pattern for each lightset in our lights challenge.
The setting - Water Dog Park in Belmont, CA. There were 4 riders, 1 photographer, and 21 beam patterns to shoot. We found a good stretch of fireroad - positioned a bike up the hill about 35 yards for reference - and started snapping pictures. Our photographers maintained consistency by aiming each bar beam in the same place and each helmet beam in the same place (from different heights) for the best comparison.
HID Beam Pattern Comparison: click on image to enlarge (medium-resolution) Photos Shot Jan. 20, 2005 
Lupine Edison 10
Click Here for Hi-Rez versionTopeak Moonshine HID
Click Here for Hi-Rez versionPhotos Shot Jan. 7, 2004 
Light & Motion ARC Lithium Ion Beam
Click Here for Hi-Rez versionLume Lighting Strada (regular)
Click Here for Hi-Rez versionLume Lighting Strada (wide)
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NightPro Extreme Beam
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NiteRider Flame Thrower Beam
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Click here» to view our Combo beam pattern comparison
(note: Lume Lighting products were late additions, thus they were shot on a different night with a different bike, same location)
All photos were photographed with a Canon EOS-1D digital SLR, with the same manual settings, from the same position, on a tripod. The shutter speed was 1.6 seconds, and the aperture was f/5.0. Below are selected settings collected from the camera's EXIF data:-Canon EO-1D reviews on PCPhotoReview.com:
- Camera: Canon EOS-1D
- ExposureTime: 1.6 seconds
- Aperture: 5.0
- Exposure: Manual
- ISO: 800
- Exposure Compensation: 0.0
- Metering Mode: Evaluative
- Flash: 0
- Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
http://www.pcphotoreview.com/Professional,Digital,SLRs/Canon,EOS,1D/PRD_104381_3127crx.aspx
-Canon EF 50mm lens reviews on PCPhotoReview.com:
http://www.pcphotoreview.com/35mm,Primes/Canon,EF,50mm,f-1.4/PRD_84475_3111crx.aspx
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