whiskypapa3
Enlightened
My brother restores and refinishes crystal ware. He has some pieces on display we tried to light with some Luxeon Stars, unfortunately all I had available were some greenish P2s. Green my be an inconvienence in a flashlight but in crystal ware it is the difference between a thousand dollar V-ah-se and a twenty-five cent yard sale peanut butter jar.
Photographers use filters called Minus Green to balance and correct flouresent lights for film and video work. I had a piece of Rosco "Tough 1/2 minus green" and tried it out. The 1/2 minus green pulled the color of the lowend P2 up to about a mid P3 with only a lose of about 25%. Really impressive. I bought some 1/8 and 1/4 minus green from a local theater arts store and played with different combinations of filters, P2s and drives to make a set of five display lights that looked equally white and bright.
Next step was to perk up some flashlights. I cut a piece to fit the bezel of one of my Mags.
Works like this
The 1/2 minus green will pull an LS up about one bin number with a loss of about 20-25%, the 1/4 minus green, about half a bin number (loss 15-18%) and the 1/8 minus green can be used to fine tune arrays to the same color.
Now I can use most of the P1s and P2s in general use (presents, etc. ) flashlights without people asking why it is green and save the Q3s for my lights. This is going to be better than telling them that the eye is most sensitive to green and therefore the light is more efficient.
Photographers use filters called Minus Green to balance and correct flouresent lights for film and video work. I had a piece of Rosco "Tough 1/2 minus green" and tried it out. The 1/2 minus green pulled the color of the lowend P2 up to about a mid P3 with only a lose of about 25%. Really impressive. I bought some 1/8 and 1/4 minus green from a local theater arts store and played with different combinations of filters, P2s and drives to make a set of five display lights that looked equally white and bright.
Next step was to perk up some flashlights. I cut a piece to fit the bezel of one of my Mags.
Works like this
The 1/2 minus green will pull an LS up about one bin number with a loss of about 20-25%, the 1/4 minus green, about half a bin number (loss 15-18%) and the 1/8 minus green can be used to fine tune arrays to the same color.
Now I can use most of the P1s and P2s in general use (presents, etc. ) flashlights without people asking why it is green and save the Q3s for my lights. This is going to be better than telling them that the eye is most sensitive to green and therefore the light is more efficient.