I have seen a video comparing a cool white LED and a warm white LED shone into heavy rain.
The cool white beam was far more visible and looked brighter but obscured the background, but the warm white one seemed to cut through the rain and light up the background much better.
I have just taken a couple of photos in the fog with an Aurora SH-40 with SST-50, and a Nitecore IFD2 with R5. Both of these virtually obscure the things you shine the light at because the beam is just lighting up the fog.
The effect here is quite artisitic
But here you see the problem of the beam obscuring the background
Has anyone compared the warmer LEDs such as those around 5700k or 4500k to a cool white LED and their ability to penetrate fog?
I didn't photograph it, but the Philips Luxeon K2 Red LED I have didn't light up the fog as much, but the entirely red light is not so easy to see with, so I would want a white one.
I get the impression that the warmer white LEDs do not appear as bright, and wonder if this is due to colour sensitiviy of the eye, or if they genuinely don't output as much light?
The cool white beam was far more visible and looked brighter but obscured the background, but the warm white one seemed to cut through the rain and light up the background much better.
I have just taken a couple of photos in the fog with an Aurora SH-40 with SST-50, and a Nitecore IFD2 with R5. Both of these virtually obscure the things you shine the light at because the beam is just lighting up the fog.
The effect here is quite artisitic
But here you see the problem of the beam obscuring the background
Has anyone compared the warmer LEDs such as those around 5700k or 4500k to a cool white LED and their ability to penetrate fog?
I didn't photograph it, but the Philips Luxeon K2 Red LED I have didn't light up the fog as much, but the entirely red light is not so easy to see with, so I would want a white one.
I get the impression that the warmer white LEDs do not appear as bright, and wonder if this is due to colour sensitiviy of the eye, or if they genuinely don't output as much light?
