Switching from an AR coated lens to a plain one can reduce the yellow and vice versa. It’s an easy way to shift the tint a little bit. All the AR coated lens I’ve seen were coated on both sides so flipping it does nothing. Maybe your S42 lens is only coated on one side?
@JonnyUtah, I will be getting mine with the LH351D, for 3 reasons:
1. I like high CRI lights. They make every color pop.
2. I prefer 4000k-4500k for indoor use.
3. It’s cheaper than the XP-L HI, and since the LH351D 90CRI has about the same forward voltage as the SST-20, I’ll swap one LH351D for an SST-20 3000k, which will work fine and make the beam rosier.
I know this has been asked before, but can’t find the answer. When the light is in muggle mode, is there a memory function, or does it always ramp from its lowest setting?
I can't really get two because... money, and I haven't chosen yet... I'm really confused about tints lately, so if anyone feels like helping me out with a recommendation please do so lol. If you don't care about the boring OT, please skip the next part :D
I have the D4 with 3000K SST-20s and I don't find it rosy at all. Slightly greenish actually at lower levels. Confused why someone would put them into a light to make it more rosy... must mean the LH351D is super green? Sofirn C01 3200K is actually more reddish/magenta than those SST-20 and is closer to an incandescent bulb (because more reds/oranges). The 5A BLF A6 I got wasn't even rosy, it was straight up pink/purple... Maybe I got something like a 5R tint, who knows... I think it's not right for them not to tell you if it's 5A1 or 5A2, etc... Ended up swapping in a 5D XP-L HD from fasttech, that one's much less pink, but compared to actual daylight (winter here so it's pretty warm for daylight since the sun is never high up) still quite a rosy warmish color (like a creamy salmon color). It looks more balanced on lower levels tough, just a creamy white. I have a Nitecore MT06MD with a single 219B (5000K I assume) in it. It's a tiny bit warmer than daylight and pretty neutral tint wise. Leaning towards magenta. I really like it, it's not driven on super high current though... so idk how it'd look in a hotrod. Recently got a 348, they sold it as "NVSW219BT-V1" but it's much greener than that Nitecore so I'm assuming 219C? It's really close to my winter daylight, a tad and greener. A bit warmer than pure summer high-noon daylight I'd say. A tad too green for me at night though actually. But not driven at full power with just a single AAA battery of course. I also have a Fenix TK20R, it has an XP-L HI but unknown CCT/tint. It's colder than the 219B and greener, but not overwhelmingly. I probably wouldn't even call it a cool white, but it probably is closer to 6000K... idk, when hearing cool white I have to think of those ice blue christmas lights. So where do LH351D and XP-L 3D fit into this? I guess I could stare at measured color charts but I don't think it'll help me understand where these two are positioned... After my experience with the A6 I'm now kinda scared of tints below the BBL... What do you recommend? Thanks!