Nice looking mod CharlesD50! how is the output, sufficient? I am not a tint snob, but do prefer the warmer tints and the Nichias. The Nichias mainly for the LACK of tint shift as the power increases…
Your build is looking good. When manufactures don’t make a hi cri nichia headlight, we got to make our own.
You should consider sticking a triple nichia 219c in there with a chunk of copper behind it like I did in mine. It should handle the higher amps that driver can deliver and give you more output when needed.
Man, you’ve got alot of creepy crawlys where you hike. I can see how cri is important to identify creatures quickly and accurately.
I mostly use my headlight for working on things close up, so I prefer full flood or very diffused hotspot. I agree that even though the 219c isn’t very hi cri its still better than cree. I will definitely be picking up some 219c hi cri if they make them.
I like the N219b in the middle, a lot: (it looks pink when white balance is set to 6000k)
left is 3000k N219c, middle 4500k 219b, right is 6000k XP-G2
the LED on the right is the same N219b above, but white balance is now set to 4500k, so it looks white
whether an LED looks white or not, depends on the color temperature of the LED, compared to the color temperature of the brain, in that environment. If I have been in the sun, 4500k is not ideal. But in the evening after being in incandescent lighting, the 4500k will be bright white.
The Color temperature our brain is set to, makes all the difference to what we see as white.
agree
the B lands in the pink (below the black line that represents neutral Tint))
the C lands in the yellow/green (above the black line that represents neutral Tint)
It may just depend on the chromaticity regarding 219c vs 219b. NVSL219CT sm4050e and sm4050f in the specsheets are both below black body locus mostly. Not sure if it’s available anywhere in low qtys unfortunately.
Yes, I also have some lights with them, but they are now somewhat outdated. They have been available since 2013 and mine have a rather yellow tint (probably not 7A3). The XP-L should be available with the same tint and be a bit more efficient and the XP-L2 will definitely be, when it is available.
Well yeah, they’re not the brightest for sure but are the only option for Olight TIR with good CRI (apart from the old 5D1 80+ CRI that intl outddor used to sell)…
xpl2 90cri leds (XPLBWT-00-0000-000UU640H) were available to purchase with the minimum buy as 1 led with free shipping on Arrow Electronics a little while back. I picked up one to test out, so you could always wait until Arrow has them available again.
Yes, I did. I put it in a Convoy s2+ and gifted it to a friend. I might have a beamshot somewhere but it was taken with my iPhone. I’ll try to dig it up later tonight.