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Another feature that I found brilliant is the healing brush, which allows you to adjust healing areas after the fact, by dragging them around. The latter provide rich platinum tones with border overlays that simulate a brushed look to strengthen the illusion.
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While most comparable apps let you export several images at once, Exposure X2 lets you actually process them by just selecting them and start adjusting.Įxposure X2 has lots of presets, and with this update it gains a new set of bright and vintage presets. More importantly, I applied those layered effects on multiple images simultaneously, all without incurring even the most minor speed drop on my mid-2011 iMac.
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Aftersale support at events and direct from Exposure is definitely an area where the brand excels though, and we know of plenty of their lights that are still soldiering on and doing a decent job after over a decade of use.The new advanced layering lets you finish a retouching job much faster for example, I could first apply a preset that I tuned down by lowering the intensity and adding several one-effect-per-layer adjustments. While overall reliability across a broad range of Exposure test lights and those owned by friends is good, they’re not without their glitches. The Smart Port plug can sometimes be awkward to refit securely, and with several competing brands now offering wireless remotes and smart phone/GPS head unit functionality, the analogue Strada is behind the curve in terms of connectivity. Also - and we appreciate this is really nit-picking, but it is a £300 light - the black light wedge and bar mount don’t match the gunmetal anodizing and there’s no need for 35mm bar compatibility on a road/gravel light, especially as that means an extra spacer to juggle. Make sure there’s absolutely no taper on the section of bar you choose to mount it on either, or it’ll gradually slide down the thinner section and come loose. While the two-piece clamp comes with a 3Nm torque setting etched on it, we had to go tighter to be sure of security on rougher rides.
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While the core performance and programming of the light are really good, there are some potential flaws to be aware of.
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The OLED also communicates charge percentage when the light is switched off - very useful for quick checking before a ride, as a full refuel takes around six hours with the wall plug charger.
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Given this screen can be awkward to see when riding compared to a top-mounted display, Exposure has also fitted small LEDs that indicate power level when you switch, or the remaining charge, using a simple traffic light colour code system. Juggling light and length is made much easier by the fact that the OLED screen gives the remaining run-time to the minute. The OLED display that gives you mode, run time and recharge information (Image credit: Guy Kesteven)Ĭonsidering the healthy output, run times are more than ample for hard and fast rides of a decent length, or even overnight epics if you toggle the power back a bit. This makes a very welcome change from menus where you have to try and scroll past flash or strobe modes to get back to full power in an emergency and the plug-in remote button simplifies operation too. We like the fact that the menus are really simple as well, with three Hi/Med/Low options of varying power, three Hi/Med options and then an extended run / SOS flash seventh.
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While we’d definitely recommend reading the instructions to crack the code, once you’re down with it, setting the mode you want from a seven setting menu is easy, especially as the OLED screen will guide you through it. Alternatively, the Strada MK10 Aktiv has a light sensor that automatically dims the light as soon as it senses oncoming traffic. The lowest power setting in each mode only uses the lower LED to prevent the spot from potentially dazzling drivers, too. That gives plenty of roadside context and ‘corner look around’ if things get twisty. The complex lower optic gives a really good spread of broad distortion- and shadow-free light from the front wheel out to where it blends smoothly with the spot too. That’s mostly down to the punchy spot beam that removes any doubt about what might happen next even on totally unlit back roads, and we had no trouble going full throttle even on rough gravel roads. There are a lot of much cheaper ‘1500-Lumen’ lights out there, but the Strada SB is definitely one of the brightest we’ve tested. The neatly machined mount works on round bars in 31.8 or 35mm, while various stem extensions and GoPro mount shoe options mean it’s compatible with most cockpit setups (Image credit: Guy Kesteven) Performance