I had to pick up some more when I realized I may never have the chance to grab them again. Would be awesome if the nichias were more readily available.
Update 170809:
I forget who asked me about asking Nichia for 219C sm5070e samples? So I put the answer from my Nichia rep. here: “We can only support a one time purchase of NVSW219CT Ra9050 sm5070e due to very small yield. And we can’t guarantee future availability”
How does this batch of 219B 4500K 9080 compare to the last batch tint wise? Anyone compared both side by side?
I’ve only experienced one from the last batch and it was nice and rosy.
I’m also curious about the tint. I don’t have any sw45k 9080 from the last batch. The only one left (installed in my E05) was taken by Badhakker. Maukka bought some from this new batch, let’s wait his test result later. Numbers should be more objective.
Ah, it was you!
Bad news: anything other than the standard smxx3, smxx5, and smxx7 only available in very limited quantity.
Good news: the smxx7 and smxx7a/b/c/d/e/f are 20% cheaper than smxx3 and 10 % cheaper than smxx5 (within the same CRI range)
Clemance, please help me out here… wouldn’t one want an SMxx3 for the tightest tint range control? I am not sure understand the concept of the steps. I have learned over time where I like my tints to be in relation the BBL line. For example, I like Cree 4C much more than Cree 4A. But I love the 219B 4000k and 4500k 9080 tint, I think it is the extra red in the spectrum that I like.