CRI is a joke...LED video lights vs REAL Tungsten and Daylight with Sekonic C-800 color meter

Published: 17 July 2024
on channel: MarkusPix
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Highest CRI LED lights are all the rage but a lot of it is hype. Photography and video lights are almost all LED lights now, and RGB LED video lights especially. If the CRI is so high, why do the colors look green and skin tones not so good? This video answers your CRI questions and compares the latest LEDs to REAL tungsten lights and real daylight. The results may shock you. See why Hollywood still uses a lot of real tungsten, halogen and HMI lights for the best skin tones possible. The best tool possible for testing, reading and setting perfect light colors is the Sekonic C-800 SpectroMaster Colour and Illuminance Meter. It can measure not just CRI and Ra value, but R9, SSI, M-30, color correction, CCi and even tells you what gels to use to correct and what camera white balance and magenta tint adjustments to make.
Sekonic C800 color meter- https://amzn.to/3W7K7tp
Lowel Tota tungsten Light (warning- high heat!) https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...
TEST RESULTS
Aputure 120D II R9 95 high blue spike green and yellow little higher than red
Aputure 300D CRI R9 96.8
Torch Bolt SWA RA 96.9 higher RA than 120T similar to 120T Tungsten R9 99.8
Ulanzi VL119 ultralight tube R9 49.5 5600S pectrum good, 3200blue spike little high R971.5
Neewer CL124 Light Wand 5600 CRI/RA 98.5 R9 90.4 similar to Aputure 120D II 3200 spectrum very good RA 97.6 good 3200 R9 89.1
4ft Feit foldable shop light Ra 84.1 R9 15.5
GenarayBL-5X7 RGB 5600 Ra 98 3200 Ra 96.9 R9 91.2 good spectrum
Godox ES30 panel Great 5600 R9 91.7 Ra 97.3 3200 spectrum very good Ra 98.4 R9 96
Godox LC500 tube 5600 Ra 96.9 R9 98.1 3200 Ra 98.2 R9 95.1
Godox LED36 High blue spike and yellow 5600 only Ra 89.3 R9 59.2
Godox LED64 Ra 89.8 R9 47.5 very high blue spike
ID10 5600 spectrum good Ra 97.1 R9 89.8 3200 spectrum good Ra 97.1 R9 94.7
Inkee 30 5600 spectrum great for LED Ra 97.2 R9 94.6
Itotin flat panel 5600 spectrum very good Ra 94.4 R9 74.7 3200 Ra 98.1 R9 98.3
Nanlite Pavotube 5600 spectrum Ra 91 R9 61.1 3200 Ra91.5 Good spectrum R9 76.4
Neewer 176S 5600 R9 87.8 3200 orange plastic actually pretty good spectrum Ra 93.8 R9 70.8
Neewer NL-288A RC big panel 5600 Ra 97.9 3200 spectrum very good Ra 97.7 R9 94.6
Philips light bulb Ra 93.6 R9 77.2 blue spike but strange yellow orange spike even higher than blue
Rayleno flat panel 5600 Ra 97.3 3200 Ra 98.4 R9 97.6 good spectrum
FD FEIDU FD100D 5600 Ra 97.9 R9 86 higher in cyan green 3200 Ra98.5 R9 92 3200 better than 5600
VidPro 330 5600 Ra 97.9 Spectrum good, lots of warm colors, tiny bit high in cyan green
VidPro 530 basic flat 3200 Ra 96.7 GREAT 3200 spectrum for LED R9 95.1
Viltrox 200T 5600 R9 72.5 3200 R9 76.4 Ra 92.5
Vjim 5600 R9 70.4 3200 Ra 97 R9 97.5 Great spectrum
Wellmaking 5600 Ra 97.4 spectrum high blue spike, little bit high in cyan green but not bad
Westcott bulb RA 97 R9 86.8 Great balanced spectrum for LED
YN300 III R9 95.7
YN600 R9 96.5
Zhiyun X100 5600 Ra 98.1 Good spectrum 3200 Ra 96.8 R9 97.7 Good spectrum
Zhiyun M40w Fiveray R9 86.8
Zhiyun G60 3200 Ra 97.3 R9 96.6 Good 3200 and 5600 spectrums Ra 97.6 R9 96.9
Zhiyun X60 5600 Ra 97 R9 95.1 Good spectrum 3200 Ra 96.8 R9 97.5 blue a little higher than others

Good for 3200
Torch Bolt SWX
Neewer CL124 Light Wand
IRayleno flat panel
GenarayBL-5X7 RGB
VidPro 530
Square FD FEIDU FD100D
Vjim

Good overall
Neewer CL124 Light Wand thin tube
Zhiyun G60
Godox ES30 panel
ID X10 on-camera light
Inkee 30 and 60
Zhiyun X100

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