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I'm in the process of having a company build a couple of led fixtures and am at a loss for true information as to how much convex lenses effect par.
I'm having ledzeal in China customize 5 of their Zues 300 fixtures for my current 300g build (73" x 36" x 25" tall) and they have options for 90°, 120° and 120° convex lenses. Kevin from ledzeal has told me that to their knowledge the convex lenses improve spread and blending but cut down on par. We all know that radions have swapped their gen4 fixtures to convex "HEI" optics and I've heard almost nothing as far as losing par with them. I know comparing the HEI optics and 120° convex lenses is somewhat like comparing apples to bananas but it's the only other example I could honestly find.
I could find no other information on this topic through the interweb googling other than for horniculture or even here searching here other than a few conversations about orphek.
Here's a website picture of how the stock Zues fixtures look
The white lense is obviously the convex lens. Kevin said that the convex lense is the same height as the regular 120°
If anyone could help with this conundrum with any input or experience, it'd be very much appreciated.
I'm having ledzeal in China customize 5 of their Zues 300 fixtures for my current 300g build (73" x 36" x 25" tall) and they have options for 90°, 120° and 120° convex lenses. Kevin from ledzeal has told me that to their knowledge the convex lenses improve spread and blending but cut down on par. We all know that radions have swapped their gen4 fixtures to convex "HEI" optics and I've heard almost nothing as far as losing par with them. I know comparing the HEI optics and 120° convex lenses is somewhat like comparing apples to bananas but it's the only other example I could honestly find.
I could find no other information on this topic through the interweb googling other than for horniculture or even here searching here other than a few conversations about orphek.
Here's a website picture of how the stock Zues fixtures look
The white lense is obviously the convex lens. Kevin said that the convex lense is the same height as the regular 120°
If anyone could help with this conundrum with any input or experience, it'd be very much appreciated.