Why do you buy lights without High-CRI emitters?

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Before I forget…

In the pics above, the CRI is (approximately):

  1. F: 65 (cheap SK-68 ~7000K)
  2. G: 70 (XM-L2 3C thrower hotspot)
  3. C: 70 (XM-L 1A floody)
  4. A: 75 (XP-G2 3B floody)
  5. E: 91 (219b, reflector)
  6. D: 93 (219b, reflector + diffuser)
  7. B: N/A (wide-spectrum, looks like >100 CRI)

I don’t have very precise stats on these, so the numbers are pretty rough.

In person it’s easier to guess the CRI, but after a trip through a camera and a screen, most of the extra color information has been discarded so it’s hard to tell which is which.

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Without seeing the reveal, here’s the order I put them in:

EDABCGF

I figured the wide-spectrum light would be in there, but I didn’t try to ID it. I have a suspicion it wouldn’t actually test very high for CRI, but might have a higher Rg (gamut). The reds look a little off with it compared to the 219Bs.

Edit: that’s H->L for the order.

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That last photo from Toykeeper and the posts by firelight2 sum it up for me. High CRI without also having your preferred colour temp and tint is pointless.

I have two astrolux A01 lights, supposedly both with high CRI Nichia 219, yet one is too cool and washes out the colours, the other too warm and muddies the colours. I dont like either, as far as I am concerned I want colours to look real and natural, and a 70 CRI neutral temp smashes a 90 CRI with noticeably off neutral tint out of the park every time.

I have a neutral 90CRI on the way, and will be very interested to compare it to my other neutral lights, but honestly, I’m not expecting to see much difference.

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This discussion has been very educational & thought provoking to me.
The photos by TK are very helpful also.

Her photos & all the discussion illustrates ’to me’, as Zulumoose said; without your preferred Color Temp & Tint…. High CRI does not mean squat. :wink:

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Founder’s Harvest Ale backlit by S42 w/ Nichia on my ancient Note 4. :smiley:
(Then the file was stepped on hard by tinypic… :frowning: )

Cheers, happy Friday!

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“The End Of The World”? :smiley:

I just got another case of Warsteiner Dunkel. It’s gooooooood drinkin’!

Actually, first in a long time. Winter ain’t B33r Season…

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Nice! I just had some Dunkel a few weeks ago.

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Yep, good stuff…

Winter is more for Rumpleminze and Clement Orange Shrubb. :smiley:

Ooooooh, I wonder how the Shrubb would look lit up from behind by some nice 2000K LEDs. Not high-CRI by a longshot, but…

Rumpleminze is clear, and minty, so a CW would look quite nice lighting up the bottle. :smiley:

Forgot who it was, djozz?, who had a high-CRI CW LED, like 6500K or more.

Even in CW, lighting up the reds on the label would look quite nice, I imagine. :smiley:

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I like it, might make for a fun pic thread.

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Nice glowing brew! Founders Harvest Ale? Looks tasty.

One of my favorite drinks glows. It’s um, well, I don’t really know what it would be called on Earth. So I’ll just show you.

I may need to whip one up real quick …

… there.

Tasty, no?

Note: This image has not been edited, except to crop out some irrelevant background. It’s otherwise straight from the camera.

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Clemence sells E21As in 6500K R9080. Also 2000K.

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Simply because most of lights I’m interested in don’t have high CRI version or…. the other features makes high CRI LED not so important.
It’s important to me but, low/no CRI is better than no lights at all.

- Clemence

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Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster!

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Me too :slight_smile:

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Ahh yes, the “best drink in existence,” I want one! :smiley:

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Too green for me. Can we get it in a nice neutral tint?

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I have the same.

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I agree, and:

Having my preferred colour temp and tint is pointless, without High CRI.

temp, tint, CRI
why settle for only 2 out of 3?

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Best I can do on short notice:

Pic lit by Maratac AA Cu Rev 5, Nichia (deets unknown, would love to know). I mis-spoke earlier when I said the Nichia in the Reylight Mini was about perfect for me; it has the better beam profile, but the Maratac has better tint (temps are both neutral, but again, deets unknown). The Maratac temp and tint seems really close to the BLF Q8’s to me (XPL HD V6 3D,) but obvs with higher cri.