Coralvue 14k Vs. Arcadia 14k

[djnav]

hi all you lighting fanatics :D

just to help some people make their minds up, i took pics of my old arcadia bulb, over 7months old, then took pics of the new coralvue 14k i got the other day, check the following out for now, i will add the BLV result once i have the bulb hopefully tomorow or sat even. i know its not a totally fair test but hey gives us some idea of whats going on <_<

i did this because 14k's are supposed to have a blue tint.. so why aint we seeing any??? i didnt really see much in the arcadia or coralvue, so lets see if the BLV's will do anythin for us?

all shots were taken in a dark room, same distance and camera setting. camera is a canon A300. it is pure halide, no t8, t5's etc used to spoil the result!

watch this space for the BLV result coming soon.

Arcadia, 14k 150w @ 7months old:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Arc%2014k%20150w2.jpg


Coralvue 14k 150w Brand New:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/CV%2014k%20150w2.jpg

And BLV 14k 150w Brand New:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/BLV%2014k%20150w1.jpg

Well the germans done it for me - BLV :idea:

Thanx to Rob at Marine Lighting to make all this possible :wave:

[5061litres]

what about a 15k XM bulb??

tony.

[GaryM]

Had 3x coralvue....2 failed within first 6 weeks <_<

[djnav]

Original post edited! :D

sorry i cant get hold of a XM bulb...
jus done this comparison with what i had


hope this helped some people :thumbsup: :wave:

[reefs4me]

Did you turn the Auto White Balance off before taking the photoss? :thumbsup:

[ickypimp]

i cant tell any difference

[craigg]

much prefer the 14kk CV, much more natural looking.

[Clarkii]

Hi Gary , I had two CV's fail to and was told this was an isolated incident. Did they just refuse to fire up ?

Nic from Coralculture was very nice and sorted the problem for me.

[reefs4me]

Originally posted by ickypimp@Dec 2 2005, 12:21
i cant tell any difference
Thats why you need to turn the auto white (colour) balance off as the camera will auto adjust itself.

Mark

[ickypimp]

Originally posted by reefs4me+Dec 2 2005, 13:56--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (reefs4me @ Dec 2 2005, 13:56)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ickypimp@Dec 2 2005, 12:21
i cant tell any difference
Thats why you need to turn the auto white (colour) balance off as the camera will auto adjust itself.

Mark [/b][/quote]
It isnt my camera dude... :huh:

but i will turn off my auto white balance if you think it may help...

nah they all look the same still ;)

[GaryM]

Hi Gary , I had two CV's fail to and was told this was an isolated incident. Did they just refuse to fire up ?

Yip

[Stevielad]

Originally posted by ickypimp+Dec 2 2005, 23:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ickypimp @ Dec 2 2005, 23:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by reefs4me@Dec 2 2005, 13:56
<!--QuoteBegin-ickypimp@Dec 2 2005, 12:21
i cant tell any difference
Thats why you need to turn the auto white (colour) balance off as the camera will auto adjust itself.

Mark
It isnt my camera dude... :huh:

but i will turn off my auto white balance if you think it may help...

nah they all look the same still ;) [/b][/quote]
You cant accurately compare without manually setting white balance and turning off any in camera fiddle factors.