What kind of double-sided tape was that?
Have any of you tried any of the transparent adhesives that are liquid, and harden? I'm wondering if those would be removable/replaceable, but haven't read up on them yet.
I have tried several different products from Lee Filters lately, and am jamming what could be half a dozen separate replies into one post(please don't quote this whole thing!), but hope someone might find these comments and observations helpful in choosing which product might work for what they want.
My Malkoff Hound Dog Super's beam had some green in the corona, so I bought the 802, 803, and 804 minus greens to play with.
The filters work as advertised, and the "step" from one filter to the next is noticeable in the effect on both tint and output.
Any other comments I could make would be specific to that one light, but I'll say that the 802 is a very strong filter with a pretty dramatic effect on both tint and output, and perhaps better considered a last resort rather than a starting point.
Seeing the 803, and especially the more transmissive 804, in action actually makes me want to try a plus blue on lights that are a bit warmer than I prefer.
Not sure if these filters are a blessing, or the road to madness.
I'm afraid closely comparing tints(that are all fine on their own) side by side, and wanting to match them all up, or adjust individual ones to a preferred tint for a specific environment really is a "rabbit hole" that'll make you be careful what you wish for!
Also got the 251 and 252 diffusion film, which it turns out are MUCH more diffusive than what I was looking for, or was suggested by the little slider on their website that's supposed to show the degree of each film's effect. The 251 Quarter White makes even a spot-oriented beam almost pure flood, while using the 252 Eighth White results in a beam very similar to Zebralight's F models.
This is what the Lee 252(>85% transmissivity!) did to my old(XPG, perhaps only 230ish lumens) M61N:
It does limit the beam's usefulness for what I think of as a "general purpose" flashlight, but is wonderful for close use indoors or out. What you can't see from the pic is that the beam is lighting up everything from a few inches in front of the lens. Floor, ceiling...everything.
Here it is outdoors:
Shined my old SC52w through a piece of 803 the other day, and whoa! Didn't keep it from looking a bit dingy next to the SC64w HI, but still a very noticeable improvement. It was always the worst of my neutrals, but minus green really cleans it up!
Finally, as a FYI, the advent of the Zircon filters kind of gave me the impression that the regular ones were flimsy.
My M61HOT with the 206 filter recently got left on, or somehow turned on, in my pocket for a while. The Lee 206 between the lens and optic was unharmed, at least visually, in spite of the acrylic lens getting deformed, and the gasket in front of it partially melting to the lens. I replaced the 206, anyway, because it seemed like it was not filtering as much blue out after the "incident", but I was surprised and impressed that the filter didn't deform or melt.