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Old 02-21-2007, 04:50 PM
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Default Halogen, Fluorescent, Xenon, Incadecent ???

Can anyone direct me to where I can find a wavelength graph showing incandescent, Xenon, fluorescent, and Halogen light similar to the natural light graph below. Four separate graphs will be fine.
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Old 02-21-2007, 11:37 PM
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Default Re: Halogen, Fluorescent, Xenon, Incadecent ???

LED Museum has spectral power distribution graphs for all sorts of light sources:

Compact Fluorescent
High Power LEDs

The closest I've seen to nautral light are the warmest of the Cree LEDs -- other than a deficiency in deep red, and a slight gap in the "cyan" region (blue/green) they are actually a pretty close match. In the case of the LED I think they have the ability to close that gap and make an extremely natural-looking source.

These graphs can be deceptive though. For one thing, they represent power, and are not weighted for sensitivity -- green will appear brighter from a given light source than what the lines on the graph might indicate. Also, crappy Cool White fluorescent tubes that look absolutely atrocious (60CRI) have a broader distribution of wavelengths than premium fluorescent lamps (that look more "spiky") but the latter actually render color much more accurately and are much less headache-inducing.
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Old 02-22-2007, 04:02 AM
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