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We are into flashlights, and those available today are simply amazing in what they can do using LED technology. This post is about three of the best we have found.<\/p>\n

Here is a comparison illumination of a sahuaro cactus 90 meters\/300 feet away from our office window. These are three separate photos of the same scene spliced together. The center photo illuminated by a Marinebeam flashlight, which we first read about on Ben Ellison\u2019s Panbo<\/a> website, is by far the most illuminating light we have ever held. The Marinebeam<\/a> has a lens which concentrates the light, and the result is nothing short of astonishing. At US $129 we think it is a bargain, and will have one for sure when we next go cruising.<\/p>\n

The left photo is lit with an 1100 lumen Lifeguard<\/a> flashlight acquired from Amazon, the previous champion (now available rated 1500 lumens) for about US $70. We used to think this was bright.<\/p>\n

The right side is a Duracell light with an adjustable lens, rated at 1000 lumens. It is a touch weaker at this distance. However, when you adjust the lens from spot to wide angle it does a wonderful job in close.<\/p>\n

These photos are meant to show relative strength. The actual lighting of the area looked a little stronger to the naked eye.<\/p>\n

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To put this into context this is a wider angle photo in daylight. The sahuaro in the preceding photo is in the middle, top of the photo, with a black arrow pointing downward. A long way off.<\/p>\n

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A daylight shot at the same focal length above.<\/p>\n

What is your best entrant in the ultimate flashlight contest?<\/p>\n

For the photographers out in SetSail land, the nighttime shots were with a Canon 70-200 F 2.8 lens, a 1DX body, Iso 1600, F2.8 at 1\/13th of a second, tripod mounted.<\/p>\n

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