I posted that same question on their Facebook page about 2 weeks ago. Their response was "2 months". So, I guess it is still far from ready. :-(
REVIEW: OrcaTorch 2700 lumens canister light D620 by Alec Peirce
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I posted that same question on their Facebook page about 2 weeks ago. Their response was "2 months". So, I guess it is still far from ready. :-(
Yeah yeah yeahWhat year?
The D630 is on display at DEMA. Can you spill some beans now?
The video in the OrcaTorch DEMA thread shows the D630 having 4 (?) LED emitters and someone posted specs saying 3000 lumens.
What are the LED emitters in it? There are 4 of them?
What is the beam angle?
I cannot fathom why they would change the light head away from a single XHP70! The XHP70 is rated for around 4000 lumens. I also am highly skeptical that a light head with 4 LED emitters can achieve the desired 6 - 8 degree beam angle for the spot.
All in all, I'm withholding final judgment until actual specs are given, but so far I am very disappointed.
Thanks, @RainPilot.
Do you think the beam angle is really 8 degrees?
Do you know what the dimensions of the light head are? It looks like it would be fatter than the D620 light head.
5 x LEDs and 5000 lumens suggests it has XM-L2 LED emitters. That is very disappointing. I would rather have one XHP70 in a much more compact light head, with only 4000 lumens, a long burn time, and a very tight beam. Or possibly 3 x XHP35 LEDs for the same output in a smaller and more efficient package (than 5 x XM-L2).
Do you think the beam angle is really 8 degrees?
Do you know what the dimensions of the light head are? It looks like it would be fatter than the D620 light head.
5 x LEDs and 5000 lumens suggests it has XM-L2 LED emitters. That is very disappointing. I would rather have one XHP70 in a much more compact light head, with only 4000 lumens, a long burn time, and a very tight beam. Or possibly 3 x XHP35 LEDs for the same output in a smaller and more efficient package (than 5 x XM-L2).
Beam angle and the spread of emitters aren't directly linked. Each emitter will have a lense and there will be a reflector. There are other ways too which I'm not going to discuss as my company designs LED lights (For TV studios) and I'm not giving away freebies
However I can assure you that with proper design you can get an array to replicate a point source, from there you beam angle is easy to design.
That said I have no connection with Orca and don't know what they're actually doing, I just wanted to point out that it can be done
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