Originally Posted by
Bry
Yeah, see the thing that keeps bothering me is the fact the brightest part of the led is actually nearly invisible to us. The reason being it runs straight up from the led, and with nothing to diffuse it, then is reflected back towards the led matrix. This setup makes the saber blades become giant fiber-optic cables in single led application. For the tri, and quads, things are shifted slightly, but, again the amount of light making it to the edge of the blade are still only a small portion. Ideally we would either want to move the core/adjust the throw of the led's beam to the edges/cellophane, or make a even smaller diffuser that runs from the center of the led to refract the center beam outwards, making it function closer to a florescent tube light.
The key is the opacity of a smaller core diffuser, or a different reflector, and lens combination then what is currently used to shift the light from the center of the blade to the edges.
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