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Major Nikon

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4. You have to pay attention to the light temperature produced

Thu May 31, 2012, 06:08 PM

May 2012

CFLs, like all florescent bulbs, produce native color temps closer to the UV range. Regular incandescent bulbs produce native color temps that are much lower, so the light looks warmer (yes, I realize this is backwards from what you might think).

According to the details page, all of these bulbs produce 3000K light, which means they should closely resemble the color temp of regular incandescent bulbs which produce a native temp of around 2700K. CFLs are around 6000K unless they are filtered.

More info here:
http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/learn_about_light/color_specifying.htm

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LED light bulbs on sale for those who are interested [View all] Major Nikon May 2012 OP

Educate me. Are LEDs superseding CFLs? Do they look better than CFLs? onehandle May 2012 #1

The CFLs are probably best described as a stop-gap Gore1FL May 2012 #2

Sylvania is all I buy in incandescent. Good bulbs. HopeHoops May 2012 #6

The color is probably trying to mimic incandescence bulbs. Are they yellowish? RC May 2012 #3

You have to pay attention to the light temperature produced Major Nikon May 2012 #4

I just ordered 2 w/the 50 watt link alittlelark May 2012 #5

It should be noted that the Watt figures are for incandescent equivalence IDemo May 2012 #7