Mark C wrote:
Does anyone here have advice about selecting LED lights for studio work?
These seem to do pretty well:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K4J1S0W/
I haven't noticed any weirdness in the color, but I mostly use them for
macros rather than portraiture. Interestingly, when I dropped one and
the glass broke, I ended up with just a flat panel of working LEDs.
Also, Costco sells LED "shop lights" for under $30, and I really want to
experiment with some as hot strip lights.
I've tried several consumer bands with mixed results. I understand that
the color rendering index (CRI) rating is supposed indicate how well the
bulb displays colors, but my experience so far has not shows any strong
correlation between that actual results.
So far I've tried 4 different brands of bulbs, with the best results
coming from Earthtronic bulbs with a mediocre CRI 81 and the worst
coming from GE Reveal with a respectable CRI 93. IMO, the Reveal bulb
was the least accurate of all four brands that I tried in terms of color
rendition and also banded noticeably (do LEDs flicker?)
So - how do you tell what LED's will work the best - or it just trial
and error?
Mark
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