markr6
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I started posting this in Derek Dean's thread "changing LED tint with filters", but decided to create a new thread since it turned out to be a complete success!
I was talking with Derek earlier via PM about filters. I'm not real big on having a filter attached to a lens on the outside, which is all you can do with Zebralights. While I am happy with the tints on them, my new SC62w is a little green/yellow, but only in comparison with others. No, I'm not complaining again as usual
But I just had the crazy idea of coloring the lens with a pink hi-liter marker!! I know, it sounds crazy but hear me out!!
I figured there was about a 95% chance of this doing absolutely nothing. Well, I was SO WRONG!
You can't really see the marking, even in person. It just barely shows up as an orange-ish film on the lens. And you can't see it at all while the light is off.
OK, now for the results. Many of you probably remember seeing me praise the tint on my new SC5w OP as being the best of the best. Well, it is. BUT, check this out!!!
The SC62w WITH hi-liter marker on the lens is SO GOOD it even makes the SC5w OP appear greenish. But this green is exaggerated by the camera; it's actually a very nice white in person.
Pretty darn amazing!! The only caveat? It will simply rub off the lens even after drying. I tried "cooking" it on by running it on high, but it just dries up and rubs off with my finger. I expected that, though.
Oh well, a fun experiment. I guess I could get some (very) transparent tape and put that over the lens.
SECOND ATTEMPT>>>
I didn't want to give up just yet, so here's what I did:
1. I got some packaging tape and pressed some against the lens. Then I cut it perfectly around the bezel using a razor blade.
2. I scribbled some pink hi-liter over this new "lens cover"
3. I let it dry for a few minutes. It started to "condense" into streaks of liquid, so I spread that around with a piece of paper.
4. Once it started to dry again, I put another piece of tape over the lens to lock it in.
5. I trimmed this piece with a razor just like the first.
There you have it...a custom hi-liter sandwich filter In person you can't tell the tape is on there and it just looks like an AR coating!
I was talking with Derek earlier via PM about filters. I'm not real big on having a filter attached to a lens on the outside, which is all you can do with Zebralights. While I am happy with the tints on them, my new SC62w is a little green/yellow, but only in comparison with others. No, I'm not complaining again as usual
But I just had the crazy idea of coloring the lens with a pink hi-liter marker!! I know, it sounds crazy but hear me out!!
I figured there was about a 95% chance of this doing absolutely nothing. Well, I was SO WRONG!
You can't really see the marking, even in person. It just barely shows up as an orange-ish film on the lens. And you can't see it at all while the light is off.
OK, now for the results. Many of you probably remember seeing me praise the tint on my new SC5w OP as being the best of the best. Well, it is. BUT, check this out!!!
The SC62w WITH hi-liter marker on the lens is SO GOOD it even makes the SC5w OP appear greenish. But this green is exaggerated by the camera; it's actually a very nice white in person.
Pretty darn amazing!! The only caveat? It will simply rub off the lens even after drying. I tried "cooking" it on by running it on high, but it just dries up and rubs off with my finger. I expected that, though.
Oh well, a fun experiment. I guess I could get some (very) transparent tape and put that over the lens.
SECOND ATTEMPT>>>
I didn't want to give up just yet, so here's what I did:
1. I got some packaging tape and pressed some against the lens. Then I cut it perfectly around the bezel using a razor blade.
2. I scribbled some pink hi-liter over this new "lens cover"
3. I let it dry for a few minutes. It started to "condense" into streaks of liquid, so I spread that around with a piece of paper.
4. Once it started to dry again, I put another piece of tape over the lens to lock it in.
5. I trimmed this piece with a razor just like the first.
There you have it...a custom hi-liter sandwich filter In person you can't tell the tape is on there and it just looks like an AR coating!
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