TPlink KASA LB120 tunable Smart bulbs are a decent low cost option for practicals

[David Rasberry]

I installed a couple of these in our bedside lamps at Christmas. 800 lumen, flicker free, WiFi dimmable to 1% and variable color temp. Fairly decent CRI from appearance, though there is no published spec. Shot a short test film today with my iPad at 400 ISO and 5000K fixed white balance to see how they fared when the question came up in a DVXuser discussion.

 

[Note Suwanchote]

I installed a couple of these in our bedside lamps at Christmas. 800 lumen, flicker free, WiFi dimmable to 1% and variable color temp. Fairly decent CRI from appearance, though there is no published spec. Shot a short test film today with my iPad at 400 ISO and 5000K fixed white balance to see how they fared when the question came up in a DVXuser discussion.

Interesting. May pick up a few of these. Thanks!

 

[Christopher A. Bell]

Just a heads up, the LB 120's are indicated as EOL on the manufacturers website. They're still available on Amazon($26.99), but the newer version(KL 120) is less expensive($19.99). And they have an RGB version with tunable white, as well(KL 130)($24.99). About 1/4 the price of the Astera's. Wonder how they compare? In a practical in the background, maybe 'good enough' for the price difference....

 

[Sean Solowiej]

Thanks for sharing this.

Just a heads up, the LB 120's are indicated as EOL on the manufacturers website. They're still available on Amazon($26.99), but the newer version(KL 120) is less expensive($19.99). And they have an RGB version with tunable white, as well(KL 130)($24.99). About 1/4 the price of the Astera's. Wonder how they compare? In a practical in the background, maybe 'good enough' for the price difference....

 

[Ryan Sims]

Do not expect an Ipad camera test to be relevant to a Red sensor. My RED has always been able to detect/see even the slightest color differences in all kinds of LED and florescents far better than my eye and other DSLR cameras. Really hard to correct some mixed lighting in post when it is different. That said, most LEDs designed for film work nowdays do a good job on CRI.