Any Inexpensive High CRI light?

[dealgrabber2002]

The more I read about the high CRI LED, the more I like it. I was wondering are there any inexpensive High CRI LED Lights that's ~$60. I know Neo was planning to make one, but I haven't heard any update. Any one know?

 

[flashfiend]

nailbender can make you a P60 module with a Seoul P4 High CRI. Find an inexpensive P60 host and you may find what you are looking for.

 

[Slasher42]

This thread might go better in the Budget Light section... but

I recently rec'd my Romisen I ordered from Shining Beam in a warm tint and I am pleasantly surprised with how close it is to an old incandesent Mag I have in tint/color rendition. I think its the RC-N3 i ordered that can run on 1 CR123 or 2 AA with extender tube that comes with it... for only like $22.

 

[flashfiend]

Warm tint is not exactly the same as high CRI. You would have to compare photos using different LEDs taken with the proper white balance adjustment to compare differences. These photos would have to be compared to a corresponding image taken under high noon sunlight with white balance adjusted for that tint of sunlight as a good comparison.

 

[dealgrabber2002]

I saw the comparison of the warm and CRI tint. I like the CRI tint a bit more.

 

[etherealshade]

If you've got a light already based around a P4, it should be a trivial job to get someone to swap a high CRI version into it. Other lights should be workable as well, depending on the skill of the modder.

 

[hoongern]

I saw the comparison of the warm and CRI tint. I like the CRI tint a bit more.

Just a note - there's no such thing as a "CRI tint". CRI has nothing to do with tint - it's just a measure of how close the spectrum is to a black body radiator at the same CCT.

 

[TITANER]

Just a note - there's no such thing as a "CRI tint". CRI has nothing to do with tint - it's just a measure of how close the spectrum is to a black body radiator at the same CCT.

I agree with you.

 

[fyrstormer]

If you need cheap and you want Hi-CRI, buy an incandescent light. All incandescents are 100% CRI, because Hi-CRI just means "the same color rendition as the light produced by a hot glowing object". Eventually all LEDs will be Hi-CRI, but filaments are and always have been Hi-CRI.

 

[hank]

> an incandescent
Well, not just any incandescent -- compare colors you see by firelight or the dim glow of a standard flashlight, to light emitted from a hotter incandescent source.

".... The color temperature and luminance of tungsten lamps vary with the applied voltage, but average values for color temperature range from about 2200 K to 3400 K. The surface temperature of an active tungsten filament is very high, typically averaging 2,550 degrees Celsius for a standard 100-watt commercial light bulb...."
http://www.molecularexpressions.com/primer/lightandcolor/lightsourcesintro.html