Had the idea to take pictures of my food with different CRI flashlights. The difference is quite noticeable.

The food and camera are the same, but I’m using 3 different flashlights:

First is my Olight M2R Pro Warrior with a XHP35 HI “neutral white” CRI 70 LED.

Second is my new Firefly Stellar X4 with FFL351A 4000K CRI 95+. The picture looks so much better compared to the first!

Third is my Sofirn IF25A with SST-20 CRI 90+ (I think?) There is a slight difference in the pictures (notice the white of the plate). Interestingly, the DUV difference of this emitter compared to the FFL isn’t that noticeable in the pictures. The SST-20 is much greener than the really rosy 351A.

I’ll admit the camera settings were not identical (I was using my cell phone) and it was correcting white balance and exposure time. But this just shows that low CRI can’t fully be compensated with camera settings. Also none of these pictures are edited. This is how my phone took the pictures and saved them to my camera roll.

Also this is my first time posting my food on the internet and I feel a bit awkward doing it lol.

by Sir-Specialist217