Originally Posted by
mrbubbles
I bought the IQ2 Eyc. I wasn't expecting much and I certainly didn't get much, and according to peterawfulwhitecycles's overinflated beamshots, the Eyc just has a narrower beam than the Luxos. Needless to say, I took it off and and used my diy lights instead.
I agree that Peter White's beamshots leave something to be desired. While they don't come close to representing what I see on the road with my lights, they do provide a pretty good way to compare the different lights Peter sells. Just be aware that what you'll see IRL is about a third of the brightness seen in his photos.
IMHO, the problem is the ISO setting he uses, 3200. Higher ISO settings reduce the contrast between light and dim areas, bringing up the dimmer areas to meet the brighter ones. You can't make the fully-exposed areas any brighter, so you bring up the dimmer ones, which effectively, is reducing the contrast between them. (EDIT: This is why even after "darkening" his photos due to customer complaints, Peter's photos are still a long way off from reality. He needs to re-shoot them using a lower ISO setting.)
I used to shoot a lot of existing light photos back in the day when we used silver instead of silicon, but the same principles apply. I found an ISO of about 800 seemed to come closest to what I saw with my eyes. To this day, I still use ISO 800 when I shoot existing light.
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