indeed, i really like both these tints in these new Samsung 351 series LEDs. They are high CRI, and have a really pleasing tint, with much lower tint-shift that the Cree XP-L series has.
I am already amazed at the maturity of this project, as every details are chosen carefully and tested thorougly.
If tint changing feature will be introduced to this lantern, that would be awesome. But I think, tint mixing between two CCT far from each other would be less great. Personally, I would go with something like mixing between 3000K and 4500K, or 2700K and 4000K. The difference between 2700K and 5000K is rather high - that difference would be maybe acceptable with Optisolis grade emitters, but with “only” ~90-92 CRI, it will not yield, what we would expect - and for some people (including maybe me as well), tint will go off to the rosy side too much in between.
Also, if a lantern is further imagined, I use a very expectional emitter in one of my Skilhunt H03 headlamps (or to be exact, four of them) - the 2000K Nichia E21A - which would be a treat for any kind of lanterns. It is very cozy ultra warm, with deep reds I have never seen elsewhere in a white (broad spectrum) LED - might worth a separate field test on its own.
If it helps at all, a few of us on the forum have done tint-mixing experiments in the past. I’ve found that a wide-spectrum light actually looks better than a high-CRI single-CCT light. I have one which emits everything from 3000K to 6500K and it really makes colors pop. It’s more vivid than regular lighting, almost as if someone took a picture and applied a “vivid colors” effect to make everything look nicer.
I also make a habit of mixing 2700K or 3000K bulbs with 5000K bulbs in bathrooms, because it makes putting makeup on quite a bit easier. With any single tint, it’s hard to discern subtle color differences, and what looks fine in the mirror may look horrid in different lighting… but with a mixed tint those subtle differences stand out and are easy to correct before going outside.
If anything, instead of regular 4000K emitters, I’d rather have 4000K produced by a mixture of 3000K+5000K. In my experience, it’s an upgrade.
i just realized that those topics were before photobucket tried to charge users a large fee to access their photos there, i closed my account after that. i will need to upload them all again to imgur to fix it.
Ditto this, my EDC for the last 1.5 years has been a mixed tint triple with 3000k and 5700k 90CRI LED’s and the only LED I have used yet that is nicer is the 219B 9080 but it only does about half the lumens, so I stick with what I have.
A few days ago I said in post 1704 that I want a second one, but I just checked the list and could find my name only once (703). Could you please check that?