nichia 083 for video / photography light

hi there,

I've been reading and checking out example pics of high CRI leds on the forum - some great info here!

Are nichia 083's the king of high CRI lights or should I be looking into other leds?

The only place where i've managed to source nichia 083's is this:

http://www.ledonline.co.uk/mr16-gx-base-38-0.htm

could i use that as a base for a video light? what else do I need? batteries in series? PWM dimmer? maybe a diffuser or a light guide (was thinking of a DIY ring light made out of fibre optic threads or microprismatic film)

http://fuzzcraft.com/ringlight4-0.html

just found this - citizen 90 CRI led

http://www.leds.co.uk/optosource/productcat/15?page=4&totalRows_o_products=43&display=detail

any experience?

Nichia offers the 083 in both "regular" as well as High CRI format. The difference is in the phosphors I believe. The higher flux 083 uses a single phosphor whereas the 083H1 uses two phosphors. I may not have that completely right but I want to caution that knowing that the LED is an 083 is no guarantee that it is a High CRI LED. If you can use a LED already mounted on a MCPCB, there is an offering for some of these in the McGizmo forum somewhere back there. I an not trying to solicit your business here and I admit up front that there are now better bins of the 083 in High CRI available and the custom MCPCB's I had made and mounted with the LED's was no bargin to me nor is it being offered up as any bargin. :shrug:

For what it's worth, I have yet to sample another brand or style of LED that has faired better or even close to what I have seen of the 083 High CRI in my integrating sphere but I have not sampled all of the LED's or many of the latest ones being offered.