Here is my feeble attempt at beam photos taken with my cell phone. Neither the phone or a camera I have allow you to adjust settings. So the shots don't entirely reflect the true appearance of the beams, but at least they will give you an idea of beam shape. I happened to still have this Halloween skeleton in my back yard. It's about 30 feet away from the light.


Here's the Shining Beam S-mini on high power (supposedly 400 lumens). It's hard to tell from the photo, but it has a wider, more uniform beam than my handle bar light. It has a brighter area in the middle of the beam, but there isn't as much contrast between the hotspot and outer beam as there is for my other light.


Here's my main headlight, a Serfas True 500+ on high power (honest 500 lumens). This has a brighter hot spot in the middle, and less on the outside. The overall width of the beam is actually about the same as the S-mini.