PointLight doc says:
By default, a point light has infinite range and does not diminish. However, the fade-off (and range) can be controlled with the \l {constantFade}, \l {linearFade}, and \l quadraticFade properties. ... /*! * \qmlproperty real PointLight::quadraticFade * * This property increases the rate at which the lighting effect dims the light * in proportion to the inverse square law. The default value is 1.0 meaning the point light * fade exactly follows the inverse square law i.e. when distance to an object doubles the * light intensity decreases to 1/4th. * */
The default point light has quadratic fade of 1.0, though doc also says that it has infinite range and doesn't diminish. I think default shouldn't be quadratic fade, as that is pretty aggressive, resulting in very dim light.