@TomE, good god you made me laugh. Magic Line thing. That’s a first
Well, the DA tint bin is precisely what it sounds like: the color tint bin, or how the beam of the light tends to go to a certain color, being red or green, below or above the curve.
The magical line you see is, simply put, the black body line. A perfect 100CRI light source will be on this line, every time. Otherwise, it might actually drift to slight green, or slight red.
Slight red is preferred by most people since it looks more saturated.
@teacher, did not even recognize you initially. Thought someone else jumped in.
And yes, that means most of the LEDs will be on the slightly red side. At 5000k, you won’t be noticing it much, so it’ll pretty much be a pure white starting at 200-300 lumens rated.
FWIW, I put some pictures in the OP to provide a color reference. I hope it gives people a decent idea what to expect the light to look like. Basically, scroll down a bit or search for “color ref”.
I love how this looks, especially with the frosted optics. Not sure whether to put my name down for a second one now, or wait until they’re available for general purpose.
When do I need to specify which emitter I want? Never done a group buy before
Be careful with the SST-20s, I’ve tried all the currently available 3000K, 4000K and 5000K and they all have a green tint to them at low to medium levels.
I’ve noticed that on LH351D too — greenish at low levels. And low levels are about 95% of what I use. It’d be okay if the tint was significantly below BBL, so it’d be white at low levels and pinkish at higher levels… but those seem to be difficult to obtain. I’m really hoping Lumintop can follow through with a good tint bin.
However, I’ve been pretty happy with XP-L HI and Nichia 219B. And, with a frosted enough optic, also with any other Cree emitter in a neutral white “A” or “D” tint. They’re all pink-biased so they look okay at low levels.
Same here, and it’s a shame because they look great on high and turbo.
I’ve been thinking about getting some LEE Zircon minus green filters. It’s either that or de-doming/slicing, which I hear can lower the tint but I’d be worried about screwing it up.
Funnily enough, all my XM-L and XP-L HI 4Cs (above BBL) are rosier than the majority of emitters I have which are meant to be below BBL, 219B excluded OFC!
No decision to made yet. I think they are going to make half and half of each type (if I’m remembering TK correctly). So the list is just for the total number of lights you want.