@AMooMooCow I feel exactly the same way you do and the time frame almost fits perfectly with mine.. Except I didn't go to aerospace school. I went into depression around 2012 and lasers really kept me going... I'm doing better now. I didn't get diagnosed but what you've experienced, I have also...
@Lifetime17 you're absolutely right about the wavelength, this is my favorite out of 10 diodes I purchased. In my eyes there's a few that show significant difference ranging from turquoise to aquamarine in color. That difference quickly fades away when trying to get a picture :/ and other people...
Sorry for the double Post but I finally figured out I can upload them if I crop them out of a bigger picture
The g8 is still a really good lense. It works fantastic for this diode even if the box is still present just look at that beam
@paul1598419 @steve001 I am using my Samsung Galaxy s9 and I haven't tried imgur yet I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, does anyone have pictures of the raw output of the 488 sharp diodes? I have seen some weird line of light on every diode I've tested for this wavelength. I'm confident...
I am having a really hard time uploading the pictures. I have tried cropping them, taking them in low resolution but yet they are still too big to upload
@DTR Don't get me wrong buddy, this is an amazing lense. I am currently using it on my 405nm bdr-209 running on about 600mA on a single 10440 lithium and I gotta say it's doing a wonderful job. Best I've used so far with that diode. As for the 488nm sharp diode, it might be a special case since...
@paul1598419 Well I'm gonna have to slowly buy good drivers to replace the ones I have at the moment Tha KS buddy. I like the small boost driver on his website. The microflex was it? I believe you recommended it to me at one point I believe
@Lifetime17 yeah that's what I currently have on it and the artifact is noticeable on acrylic and even more so on glass lenses.
@steve001 you're spot on as I also noticed that the diodes that have reflection lines on the raw output have the box artifact and the reflection directly correlates to...
@lasersbee is the offer good for someone else? Lol I want to get my hands on an LPM but I didn't have the money put aside yet until recently, are there any offers for lpf members?
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Luis aka Laser Ranger 😎👍
Hey Paul, is there any thread where laser drivers are discussed? Not necessarily from a specific vendor but like reviews or test results of every driver available in a single thread so they can be compared and such... Ive searched in its section of the forum but I haven't found much info on most...
Sorry for necroposting, but I still got the box artifact on my low wavelength 488nm diode.. It doesn't seem too different from everything else I've tried..
Sounds like what I do on my free time lol I start with a low bid and go back to it every now and then to see how it's going. If it's getting high I do not bid until the last minute or less so as to not increase the price but only on very select items
Sorry for necroposting but I couldn't help it.. You mentioned someone sniping the 488nm labby possibly by another lpf member... Well I wasn't lpf member yet and neither was I using a sniping service.. I was able to win the auction for 30.99 and here's proof