* It said (Caution) in the output on some lights/modes but still gave me somewhat reasonable output. Should I be concerned?
From the spotread documentation. I think this basically means any really rosy or green LED will always have the “caution” warning.
Quote:
If the notation (Caution) is displayed after the CRI or TLCI, then this means that the the spectrum white point is beyond the standard tolerance distance from the black body or Daylight illuminant locus. This may make the CRI or TLCI measurement less accurate, and indicates that the illuminant may be a lower quality source of light.
I downloaded the "White Balance Color Temp Meter" to my Pixel 3 and tried it out. Readings were taken on lower modes, in a dark room, with a sheet of printer paper as the backdrop.
Rovyvon Aurora A8
Olight S1R
Nitecore TUP, LH351D mod
FW3A (3D)
Nitecore P18, XHP35 Hi swap
Armytek Elf C2 (Warm)
Expected
5000
6000
5000
5000
4500
4000
Test 1
4600
5320
4660
4540
3810
3620
Test2
4510
5380
4440
4440
4300
3750
Average
4555
5350
4550
4490
4055
3685
Difference
-445
-650
-450
-510
-445
-315
I have no source for the Elf C2 CCT and guessed at the expected value. If I shift all the values up by 500, using the average of two readings:
Rovyvon Aurora A8
Olight S1R
Nitecore TUP, LH351D mod
FW3A (3D)
Nitecore P18, XHP35 Hi swap
Armytek Elf C2 (Warm)
Expected
5000
6000
5000
5000
4500
4000
Corrected average
5055
5850
5050
4990
4555
4185
These now fall within about 150K of the values I was expecting. Taking more samples would likely improve the consistency as well. Very promising!
I dont have any of these lights but the real measured CCT is never even numbers.
For example the Wuben with 5000K 90CRI LH351D: CCT = 4816K
So your numbers could already be closer than you think.
Yes, of course. I know, for example, those 4500K XHP35 Hi LEDs tend to measure cooler than advertised. I mostly want to be able to loosely quantify CCT for my reviews, and for that I think a 250K or 500K range gives people enough of an idea.
Yes. It’s still good for LED measurements although the i1Studio/Colormunki Photo may be cheaper and practically just as good for what we do. I like the Babelcolor CT&A, which doesn’t work with the i1Studio.
That one was cheaper than I1studio /Colormunki Photo so i am testing it now
I see in the OP that you were using spotread with -a (ambient), was that with the I1pro ?
I am asking because despite having an ambient measurement cap with my I1pro, Argyllcms returns a "Requested ambient light capability, and instrument doesn't support it." error when i try to use the -a instead of -e
An other question : Do you use the ambient measurement cap (ref 609192) ? If i don't use it the sensor is easily saturated but when i try to use it the CCT seems to be off
I did run the diagnostics pgm and everything seems to be fine except that the "ambient" doesn't appear in what i think is functions list :
[ Emission Reflectance Reflectance Scan ] but no ambient !
I will try to ask Greame if he knows something about special versions (according to Argyll documentation the B, C & D rev are supposed to have the ambient measurement included) but i fear that i'll have to take the I1pro back to the seller
Wild guess : From what i understand about ambient measurement mode it is supposed to use a calibration table matched to the cap that is furnished with the i1pro. Maybe the calibration table in my I1 is damaged, causing it to disable that function ?
Does the number on your cap match the sn from your I1 ?
What got me wondering was that the ambient measurement cap was included, but obviously the sn does not match the I1pro one and according to the seller he previoulsy had an other I1 that was discarded and the cap might be from this one.
Well ... failed attempt but at least now i know what to look for and the seller (nice and helpfull guy) agrees to take it back so it's ok.
Good stuff contactcr! I like that a few more people on BLF have the opportunity to measure the colour information of our flashlights.
link to djozz tests
From the spotread documentation. I think this basically means any really rosy or green LED will always have the “caution” warning.
I downloaded the "White Balance Color Temp Meter" to my Pixel 3 and tried it out. Readings were taken on lower modes, in a dark room, with a sheet of printer paper as the backdrop.
I have no source for the Elf C2 CCT and guessed at the expected value. If I shift all the values up by 500, using the average of two readings:
These now fall within about 150K of the values I was expecting. Taking more samples would likely improve the consistency as well. Very promising!
Find all my reviews of flashlights and more gear at www.bmengineer.com
I dont have any of these lights but the real measured CCT is never even numbers.
For example the Wuben with 5000K 90CRI LH351D: CCT = 4816K
So your numbers could already be closer than you think.
Yes, of course. I know, for example, those 4500K XHP35 Hi LEDs tend to measure cooler than advertised. I mostly want to be able to loosely quantify CCT for my reviews, and for that I think a 250K or 500K range gives people enough of an idea.
Find all my reviews of flashlights and more gear at www.bmengineer.com
Most flashlights have a warmer hotspot and cooler spill. Averaged and integrated over the beam the results are usually spot on at binned CCT.
I might get a good price on a used xrite I1 Pro (looks like the one on the firsts pictures from OP as far as i can see)
Is that one still recommanded ?
Yes. It’s still good for LED measurements although the i1Studio/Colormunki Photo may be cheaper and practically just as good for what we do. I like the Babelcolor CT&A, which doesn’t work with the i1Studio.
That one was cheaper than I1studio /Colormunki Photo so i am testing it now
I see in the OP that you were using spotread with -a (ambient), was that with the I1pro ?
I am asking because despite having an ambient measurement cap with my I1pro, Argyllcms returns a "Requested ambient light capability, and instrument doesn't support it." error when i try to use the -a instead of -e
An other question : Do you use the ambient measurement cap (ref 609192) ? If i don't use it the sensor is easily saturated but when i try to use it the CCT seems to be off
If you run spotread.exe -v, what does it say?
The label says x-rite, eye-one Pro, rev D
That is strange. Your meter is only a year older than mine, but mine has firmware 506 and reports Measure Ambient ?: Yes.
Check the meter’s functionality with x-rite’s i1diagnostics: https://www.xrite.com/service-support/downloads/i/i1diagnostics_v4_1_2
This will install the x-rite drivers and you have to go back to argyll drivers manually afterwards from device manager.
If this doesn’t help, contact ArgyllCMS’s creator at graeme@argyllcms.com He’s very helpful.
Thanks for your help!
I did run the diagnostics pgm and everything seems to be fine except that the "ambient" doesn't appear in what i think is functions list :
[ Emission Reflectance Reflectance Scan ] but no ambient !
I will try to ask Greame if he knows something about special versions (according to Argyll documentation the B, C & D rev are supposed to have the ambient measurement included) but i fear that i'll have to take the I1pro back to the seller
Wild guess : From what i understand about ambient measurement mode it is supposed to use a calibration table matched to the cap that is furnished with the i1pro. Maybe the calibration table in my I1 is damaged, causing it to disable that function ?
Does the number on your cap match the sn from your I1 ?
Ah, yours is the rarer no (UV) filter version of the i1Pro. That’s probably why it doesn’t work.
Mine reads: Measurement Modes: [Reflectance Spot, Reflectance Scan, Emission, Ambient Light Spot, Ambient Light Scan]
Yes. And also the white tile.
Ok must be that !
What got me wondering was that the ambient measurement cap was included, but obviously the sn does not match the I1pro one and according to the seller he previoulsy had an other I1 that was discarded and the cap might be from this one.
Well ... failed attempt but at least now i know what to look for and the seller (nice and helpfull guy) agrees to take it back so it's ok.
Thank you for helping sorting this out
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