Reverse bulb (backup bulb) Halogen upgrade - before and after pictures

After reading about Halogen backup (reverse) bulbs for the taillight, I added the Philips 30w Halogen GY6.35 base bulbs as described in this thread.

These bulbs have 750 lumen, vs. 364 for the stock bulbs. The difference is very noticable.

I took 'before' and 'after' pics, using the identical manual exposure for each picture so the pictures are comparable (otherwise the camera will give a longer exposure to the darker scene, making it look lighter than it was).

The exposure was 1/4 second, F2.0, at ISO 400 for each picture, and each was taken at the same time of night. In the 'after' picture please ignore the glare from my neighbor's Christmas lights on the upper left side.

before:


after:

 

Just curious why you went with the halogen instead of LED? I would like to replace my reverse light bulbs with something brighter. I'm trying to decide between halogen, LED, or mounting an auxiliary light or two under the bumper. Also, if you have a backup camera, how is the camera effected? I read on another thread the LED's may throw the camera image off. Thanks for any info you may be able to provide.

 

So for no work and close to equal money and more light out put why not get the 800 lumen leds from csjumper?

 

I was not aware of the LED option. I read the thread I referenced, liked the idea of the bulbs mentioned, and put in the halogen bulbs.

I like LED technology, and will certainly look into them if/when these halogens fail in the future.