Originally Posted by
jbinks
One thing that might be a good idea would be a combination of the lens and a ND filter. The issue for me would be the mounting of this as the Pangolin lens holder has no additional receptacle for a filter. Such a filter would need to only affect the beam below the horizon too. Has anyone got any experience of this (specifically the mounting of the ND filter in addition to the Pangolin lens)?
John,
You will be up against the damage threshold of the ND filters.
A decent quality filter with a given damage threshold will only be good for a couple of watts (2W max realistically, but obviously depends on the ND power and exact filter) before you'll start to damage the optic - that power has to go somewhere!
In all honesty... it seems a shame to neuter PJ's like this; full power in safe areas all the way for me. (as we're always up aginst kW of fine pitch LED screens, and MW's of lampy-lampy stuff.) It is kind of mega to have beams punching out clear as day when the LD has his finger stuck down and 30 At3k's are blazing.
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