Lighting Shift towards LED

[FilmMan]

Been looking at lights.  LED's are starting to move further on the scene.  Sylvania ultra hd bulbs exist.  Others exist too.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_CRI_LED_Lighting

 

CREE, manufacturer,  is pushing the quality too.http://www.cree.com/news-and-events/cree-news/press-releases/2013/january/crtrofferseries

 

Professional cinema led lights coming, ie.,   http://hexolux.com/cinewhite/

 

Even Mole Richardson is moving in the LED direction.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vllvIGTVlM&feature=player_embedded

 

In the next few months, it should get very interesting. 

[andy lee]

I do prefer the warmth of 3200k tungsten - I tend to use that on set all the time

LED lights are very blue and cold in their color temp

 

I have put Lee 85 gels over LED lights to get 3200k color temp back into them

 

Lee now make LED filters

 

see below

http://www.leefilters.com/lighting/led-02.html

• LED Conversion Filters

  A common complaint from people using LED lighting is that the white light is very blue, making it look cold in comparison to a Tungsten white light. LEE Filters have solved this problem with the introduction of a new range of especially designed LED CTO Filters. These filters will convert from white LED sources (colour temperatures ranging from 5000-7000K) to the equivalent of a 3200K Tungsten source. This means that different types of luminaires can now be blended together without the viewer or digital camera seeing a difference.

[FilmMan]

Andy thanks for posting. 

 

Interesting article on the LED industry.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/08/us-china-led-idUSBRE91701H20130208