A New Light...and Some Spring Photos

Mistwalker · Apr 5, 2010

A friend of mine found a type of light he really likes a while back and he just gifted me one. I played with it some and I see why he likes them so much. I wanted to experiment some more with lighting and shutter speeds so I rode over to a friend's office for a while this afternoon. Kim is a massage therapist who is into flowers so the three acres of field behind her office is really coming to life right now. I thought that should be a good place to study lighting and shading. I even got a royal reception

I think spring has definitely arrived.

I walked down to the creek where her fire pit is and hung out for a while listening to the babble of the brook, rearranging some gear, messing with the new light, and enjoying the peace and quiet.

Mistwalker · Apr 5, 2010

This is looking back up from the creek, my trucks in this picture too....sort of center-left.

The light is a "Black Crater, Hyper-bright Cord Lock" LED light from Photon light dot com, and this is how it comes, in a little blister pack. If you get one make sure you read the info on the invoice about it being shipped in a protective "demo mode" and how to un-do that.

It's not very big at all.

But the opening is large enough to easily slide doubled paracord through.

I at first put it on a section of paracord already on the pack just to see how it worked. It has three different modes, low, high, and flash. I could tell it's a pretty bright little light even out in the bright sunlight. Here it's off.

Low

High

Later on I cut another piece of paracord and put it on the shoulder strap of my pack.

Then tonight I learned I really do like the light, to be so small it does give a lot of light. I think I am going to get a few more.

AlexN · Apr 5, 2010

Way cool,brother! Thanks for sharing that link foreward. Hats off to your friend for sharing with you. It's all good!
Alex

Mistwalker · Apr 5, 2010

AlexN said:
Way cool,brother! Thanks for sharing that link foreward. Hats off to your friend for sharing with you. It's all good!
Alex

Thanks Bro, yeah it caught me by surprise when he said he was sending it...lol, been a while since I got anything for Easter lol, much less a piece of gear and one I really liked. At the price of these things I'll be giving a few as gifts myself

chenko · Apr 5, 2010

Nice light and very useful beam, and also very smart shape so you could have it wherever you want!

A.W.U.K. · Apr 5, 2010

Nice light, and that is a really beautiful spot you went to!

Mistwalker · Apr 5, 2010

chenko said:
Nice light and very useful beam, and also very smart shape so you could have it wherever you want!

I think so, I think it's a great piece of kit!

A.W.U.K. said:
Nice light, and that is a really beautiful spot you went to!

It is a cool light. Yeah it's nice there, Kim's property is almost as pretty as she is...

TheGame · Apr 5, 2010

A cord lock light.. seems interesting. I saw some before but I didn't think they would work very well. I guess I will just have to try them out sometime.

scrumpy jack · Apr 5, 2010

what an ingenious idea, thanks for posting it brian.

Mistwalker · Apr 5, 2010

TheGame said:
A cord lock light.. seems interesting. I saw some before but I didn't think they would work very well. I guess I will just have to try them out sometime.

So far the cord lock and the light both work great! For the price it's a great way to keep a little light handy.

scrumpy jack said:
what an ingenious idea, thanks for posting it brian.

Thanks Jack, I thought so too. Glad you liked the post!