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So...
I'm wanting to create my own dual illuminant camera profiles for various cameras that I own, and software that I use, via a couple of different software approaches. I've done this before, but always using whatever estimated natural lighting conditions I've had available to me at the time. This worked OK, however... here in the UK, especially at this time of the year, it's very difficult to find natural lighting at 6500 and 2850k.
For some time, I've been thinking that an artifical light source in a darkened room would provide better conditions for the colour chart reference shots I need in creating these profiles.
I've come across a low cost product that I might be interested in, here:
Aputure AL-MX 2800-6500K CRI95+ LED Video Light Lamp for DSLR Camera Camcorder 635946656549 | eBay
This is an LED panel lighting source that allegedly offers stepped adjustment of temperature between 2800 and 6500K.
Given the rather low price, I'm assuming the colour temperatures specified aren't especially accurate, and yet I wonder if they might be good enought to provide illumination that's approximate enough for my intended application?
Alternatively, I'd be interested to know of other options. I
could afford to spend
more, but would rather not spend a
lot more unnecessarily. Then again, I'd rather spend nothing at all if the budget approach is going to be useless...
Thanks in advance for any views, opinions and ideas