But he was Fine and, emboldened by the cheering, stuck it back on again and went for round two…
(Trigger warning on this one as slow mo filming plus the strip lighting plus tumblr compression make this a horribly strobe like experience, sorry. And it still wasn’t enough to capture the SPEEDING SCOTT but am including it for posterity because it makes me chuckle).
The instructions are making my head hurt. I'm having flashbacks to my TI-83 manual in high school.
I guess ramping mode is a smooth transition in brightness. I haven't tried that yet.
Turbo mode is crazy though. (Warning for flashing light.)
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I'm pretty sure this is how Oppenheimer did the nuke scene without CGI.
If you know anything about cameras and lights, the difference in how dark the background gets should tell you just how bright this thing gets. Basically in the before it was mixing with the ambient light and in the after, the camera couldn't even register the ambient lights anymore—so the background went to pure black. It usually takes a strobe flash to overpower room lights like that.
The manufacturer says it has a throw of 166 meters or 500 feet. I tried it in my backyard and it could reach about halfway across the property. Google Maps says that is about 150 feet. Which was actually really impressive when I was doing it, but not what was advertised. I think they are probably measuring by what a light meter can detect and not what eyeballs are capable of. And light pollution could be a factor.
Perhaps I need to activate my night vision by sitting in the dark for a while and test it.
It's still quite sufficient if I ever get stuck in a spooky forest though. Especially considering how tiny the light is.
I got a little condom diffuser thingie to put on the tip.
Of the flashlight.
It can act as a 360 light source that way.
And a flattering selfie light.
Though it can't do much about the multi-day bedhead.
In any case, the Wurkkos FC13S seems pretty neat so far. Built like a tank. You can feel the quality of the aluminum. And it has a 50% off coupon on Amazon right now.
Though if it always has a 50% off coupon, that is just the price I guess.
Don't tag ur reblogging spree posts i unironically love seeing whatever currently interest rots ur brain and suddenly getting so much of it on my feed. Like wow!! What is this! How interesting!! The world is beautiful!!! This is what Tumblr is for. <3
<3 <3 <3 I am baking a little cookie just for you and icing it so prettily. you get it. you understand.