I started with 5000k, then to 4500k and 4000k, then into 4500k and 4000k HI CRI and now I’m into 2700k to 3000k HI CRI for night time use, which matches interior lighting.
But wait a minute. It was said that the switch was unchanged, and all I do is looking at pictures (but that is a very BLF thing to base opinions on ), but I think that I notice that the switch has changed, it seems to sit a bit deeper. Is this really so and does it matter as far as pocket activation is concerned?
Here’s a pic from TK’s review of the D4 last year and one of the pics of the D4V2 above:
Edit: looking at those pictures again, and I do not see that much difference after all, carry on
Did you get the regular or the faster shipping? I’m also from the UK and I purchased one the day it became available, so I’m excited at the possibility that it might be arriving any time soon.
What? Yes its yellow but I find the tint to be excellent. Not as nice as a more rosy warm Cree LED but the higher CRI makes it much better for me. And you really have to directly compare it to notice the difference in tint. Unlike the red color objects that really pops-up with the better CRI.
It goes very well with the ‘’chinese golden dragon’’ body color.
I have the same LEDs in the D4S and there is more yellow while the D4v2 is more orange with much less green tint. (maybe its from the AR coating or a different tint bin)
To my eyes the green tint is just barely noticeable, even on a white wall. Unless you directly compare them.
This light is almost perfect and its fun to play with the different modes and multicolor LEDs.
I directly compare it to other 3000k sst20’s in tir optics. And these have way less rosiness. If you have good 3000k sst20 there is a decent amount of rosiness, almost like 7a xpl hi. The sst20s from kaidomain for instance look much better than these.
Oh no that’s not good to hear. I have the D4S with SST-20 3000K and it is not as rosy as the SST-20 3000K from Kaidomain and Nightwatch NS22 but it wasn’t super yellow.
I just bought a D4v2 and asked Hank to give me a mixed tint 2x3000K + 2x4000K to achieve a more rosy tint. Maybe I should have just went with full 4x4000K since I read the 4000K tint is on the rosy side.