High CRI flashlight for photography?

Interesting setup, DrHook, although I’m not sure this would accomplish what I’m trying to do. I want black/unlit background in my photos. I suppose it’s more about the positioning of the lights than anything else.

Pete, easy enough to do. Find an empty cardboard box and paint the inside of it black, and put a plinth in there to put your objects on and paint that black too. Or line it with black foam board, that’s very effective too.

A home-made one of these, but basically free :smiley:

I can’t believe you get photo’s that look THAT GOOD out of that Dr Jekyl setup, amazing and unbelievable innovation!

Impressive lighting setup!

:cry: I can’t believe you can say this about my little S120. My life is ruined……

Seriously though, there is nothing existent on the market for this camera - you have to make anything you want, sigh. And as I don’t have much more than a hacksaw and a drill, I had to be inventive, especially as I wanted to keep things ‘pocketable’ :smiley: As it happens, I use plastic fishing squids for all sort of small diffusers, and I have quite a collection of bastardised cutlery now, in a box. I’m done for if the head chef ever takes a stock count :open_mouth:

I know I’m in good company though, as if you look through a macro forum you’ll see similar contraptions made out of all sorts for more expensive cameras. And when it comes to diffusers, the amount and breadth of imagination knows no bounds! Plus, you get exactly what you need.

I think it’s the Mark IV BLF set-up. Been around for ages. Standard practice amongst all good macro people.

Honest

cough

What advantages do you hope to get by using LED lighting? (vs. tungsten)

If accurate color rendering is important for your work, you might be disappointed by the results you get from using even the highest CRI LEDs.

In a remote shoot with no plug-in power, LEDs definitely have some advantages (heat, run time, cost of flashlights).

But if you can plug in to a wall outlet, no LED is going to achieve higher color rendering than a 50¢ incandescent bulb.

If you decide to go the flashlight route, borrow an old school halogen flashlight and compare the results

Or just shoot in RAW and adjust colour balance in post :stuck_out_tongue:

Cheers David

I admit to doing none of that. All my shots are simply adjusted with whatever White Balance setting is needed during shooting.

That’s if it is needed anyway, and half the time I don’t think it is. I must have a colourblind camera, :laughing:

You cant photoshop CRI on a non CRI light source
White balance cant fix it, a CRI light wih more red illuminates only red parts, more amber, cyan also come in play with high CRI light source the same way

I was about to mention that. You beat me to it.

This is absolutely not an area that I know anything but Great Thread!!
Maukka gave a good idea on thos “Viltrox”, I know exactly who would need just these :+1:

Hi. I have the same question. I want a good high cri flashlight but in a small compact edc form. What I have found so far is an upcoming flashlight which according to specs is not only high cri, compact and and reasonably priced but also high lumins considering it’s 90+ cut.
WUBEN T046R 1300lumims
It has 3 XPG3 less which I was concerned about but after some research I found out that recently they have indeed released a high cri version of this led. Though it has slightly greener tint rather then the radish tint of the HIGH IS 219B. Would anyone suggest a similar flashlight to this one? Or is this a good option in it opinions.

If someone can suggest other similar high CRI COMPACT FLASHLIGHTS I WOULD appreciate it really.

Nichia versions of Jaxman E2 and E2L.

Astrolux S41 has Nichia 219 high CRI option

Emisar D4 also has Nichia 219 option.

I see you have a Convoy S2+

If you want you could contact kiriba-ru on this forum and he can send you an assembly for the S2+ that uses 3×219C 4000K leds on KD board with KD optics. The whole assembly including the pill is a drop-in module - all you need is a pair of needlenose pliers or heavy duty tweezers to change the optics out. Cheaper than a new light.

Bush cricket in bright sunlight from today using the three lights - colour seems good to me :smiley:

Beautiful

Where did I mention CRI ??
LEDs as of now do not have 100% CRI (for that you would have to use a strobe) but they do need to be white balanced.

Cheers David

Great capture with the bush cricket DrHook59 :smiley: