It is worth being aware there already is a user who is selling 3000K R9050 219B’s in the BLF Buy and Sell subforum. I don’t know how many he has, though, so perhaps there is more demand than what he has on hand.
I do not consider the N219c 3000k 9050 to be “rosy”
I do not consider the N219b 3500k 9080 to be “rosy”
I do not consider the N219b 4000k 9050 to be “rosy”
I Do consider the N219b 4000k 9080 to be slightly “rosy”
I Do consider the N219b 4500k 9080 to be slightly “rosy”
I Do consider the N219b 4500k 9080 sw45k to be Very “rosy”
Rosy is relative to ambient white balance
my sw45k EDC, during daylight:
my personal preferences
I really like the extra pink sw45k, it is my EDC during the day
the sw45 is ok, not as pink
I like the the sw35 in the evening, my house lights are 3000k incan, the extra 500k of the sw35 makes it look “whiter” than my incan, so it “seems brighter”.
I do not like to use the sw35 during the day, it “seems dim” and warmer than I prefer, at that ambient white balance.
I highly recommend the 9080 variants from azhu, I feel extremely fortunate to have some.
I have not tried the sw30 9050, nor the sw30 9080
but I have a strong preference for the higher R9 of the 9080 versions in all cases
This is Rosie, not to be confused with her “rosy” pastie:
not to be confused with a Pasty, which is neither Rosie nor “rosy”:
now what were we talking about… I lost my train…
oh right, 219b 9080’s, yeah, they rock, and azhu has the goods!
to help it use an approximation of daylight white, I include a cool white light in the group lineups, and I take the photos sitting near a north window during daylight hours
except in the photo showing the incandescent light ON at night, which biased the white balance towards 3000k incan, thereby showing the sw45k as “relatively” blue
my pics generally include a selection of LEDs so that people can see “relative colors”, and if they own one of the LEDs in the photo, they can gain a “relative” idea of the “color” of other LEDs they may not own. (Tint is not the same as CCT, tint and CCT are separate factors contributing to our perception of color)
my perception of LED color changes dramatically between those times when my brain white balance is adapted to daylight, and those times when my brain is adapted to my incandescent house lights
therefore the CCT I prefer during daylight is not the same as the CCT I prefer at night. however, in All cases, I prefer Tint below the BBL.
Jon, I actually didn’t know there is a N219b 4500k 9080 SW45 and a N219b 4500k 9080 SW45K. What is the difference? What does the “K” stand for? I couldn’t find any info in the spec sheet.
If my understanding is correct, the sw45k is under the BBL (more rosy) than the sw45. The sw45 could be under the BBL as well but the sw45k is guaranteed to be under so you know for sure that bin is usually rosy. I’ve had a batch of sw45 that was slightly rosy but overall, it’s more neutral white than the sw45k.