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<p>[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 1198109, member: 25547"]The spectral power curve I've seen for LED bulbs show a pronounced spike around 450nm in blue, a steep falloff in the blue-green part of the spectrum, then another more gradual peak on the yellow side of green, tailing off to very little red light at all. While one manufacturer claims to have an LED light with a CRI of 90, I've yet to see any documentation backing it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm currently using "Indoor Sunshine" CFL's with a claimed color temperature of 5300°K and a CRI of 95. However, when I measured the color temperature I got 5750°K, which puts the CRI claim in doubt. I also shoot through a diffusion panel, resulting in shots like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]126089.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the toning is accurate, but this particular technique doesn't do a good job of showing the luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 1198109, member: 25547"]The spectral power curve I've seen for LED bulbs show a pronounced spike around 450nm in blue, a steep falloff in the blue-green part of the spectrum, then another more gradual peak on the yellow side of green, tailing off to very little red light at all. While one manufacturer claims to have an LED light with a CRI of 90, I've yet to see any documentation backing it up. I'm currently using "Indoor Sunshine" CFL's with a claimed color temperature of 5300°K and a CRI of 95. However, when I measured the color temperature I got 5750°K, which puts the CRI claim in doubt. I also shoot through a diffusion panel, resulting in shots like this one: [ATTACH]126089.vB[/ATTACH] Yes, the toning is accurate, but this particular technique doesn't do a good job of showing the luster.[/QUOTE]
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