Hi again...
I don't know if it's because I started getting into lights first with LED lights and never noticed or played with lights during the "Incandescent Age", but I just plain don't like warm tints. I prefer them slightly more than Cool White, but all in all just don't care for that yellowish-orangish glow. When I turn on a flashlight, I want vibrant white light - not candle light.
For me, the more neutral the better - I guess I'm really "tint sensitive" or something. The best emitter I've ever seen in this regard is the batch that Sunwayman put into their Neutral White version V11R - I have 3 of those lights, and every one of them looks the same. Almost zero coloration of any sort... what I'd describe as a "gray tinted" light. You can tell that there is SOME color there of some sort, but it's really faint... like a yellow or orange that fades into the overall whiteness so much that it's barely perceptible. The second place contender is the Nichia 219B emitters in EagleTac D25A, MX25L3C, and L3 Illumination's various "L" series lights. Very little color - kind of a "grayish tan" with just a slight hint of orange in the corona.
How about all of you? Does anyone else here dislike both Cool White and Warm emitters? Is anyone else here on the eternal quest for a pure white LED emitter with no hints of color?
I don't know if it's because I started getting into lights first with LED lights and never noticed or played with lights during the "Incandescent Age", but I just plain don't like warm tints. I prefer them slightly more than Cool White, but all in all just don't care for that yellowish-orangish glow. When I turn on a flashlight, I want vibrant white light - not candle light.
For me, the more neutral the better - I guess I'm really "tint sensitive" or something. The best emitter I've ever seen in this regard is the batch that Sunwayman put into their Neutral White version V11R - I have 3 of those lights, and every one of them looks the same. Almost zero coloration of any sort... what I'd describe as a "gray tinted" light. You can tell that there is SOME color there of some sort, but it's really faint... like a yellow or orange that fades into the overall whiteness so much that it's barely perceptible. The second place contender is the Nichia 219B emitters in EagleTac D25A, MX25L3C, and L3 Illumination's various "L" series lights. Very little color - kind of a "grayish tan" with just a slight hint of orange in the corona.
How about all of you? Does anyone else here dislike both Cool White and Warm emitters? Is anyone else here on the eternal quest for a pure white LED emitter with no hints of color?
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