I don't know for sure as I never had a Nichia emitter before, but I thought some said it's real rosy. I have two rot66 XP-L HI V3 3A 5K and they seem just perfect. If the 219C is yellowish green, then maybe not really for me.
Those beamshots from dta are pretty accurate except some 219C look greener than that. The 219B 9080 4500k resembles sunlight the best at night more than any other color temperature. The ROT66 XP-L HI 3A look very natural white when shined on a white wall, but when shined in the outdoor at night, it looks more like daylight during a cloudy day.
The only really good chromacity binned 219C is the “E” bin that Clemence was selling on Virence.com. Those were guaranteed not to be above the BBL so you don’t get any green/yellow. But unfortunately those are sold out. I have dozens of 219C 4000k and 5000k flashlights and I would take Cree 70CRI 3A/3D 5A/5D tint emitters over the typical above the BBL 90CRI 219C emitters any day. For me, it’s either 219B 9080 or Cree A or D tints. But of course everyone’s preferences are different.
I received my ROT66 yesterday, and seems to be a pretty nice fit in my hands, so this body format is proven to be lovely for me, again.
I need to experiment with the UI though, but I like that, too. Somehow, stepdown from turbo happens very quickly, so I will calibrate the current temperature setting.
I’ve done some extensive testing outdoors with my 219B vs SST20 4000k+804 ROT66s. The SST20+804 has come away the winner for me both indoors and now outdoors. It just makes woods and mud/dirt pop so much, with a comfortable warm tone. The 219B can look a little ghastly in comparison. The only thing I think the 219B does better is tint consistency within the beam itself. The 219B has virtually no shift in tint or CCT from hotspot to spill, while the spill of the SST20 is slightly cooler and more rosy than hotspot.
From my own observation, the 219B 9080 and SST20 95CRI emitters really excel on wood textures and outdoor due to the high R9. The R9 of the SST20 I believe is a bit higher than the 219B 9080 and adding the 804 filter probably bumped the R9 close to 100, which is why it looks so good outdoor.
Yes, it is a filter made by Lee. Lee 804 removes some green, it is used by photographers to compensate for the green cast that is often produced by led lighting.