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UHD Capture and Lighting Impacts

A paper from Panasonic and NHK looked at the effects of LED lighting on the color reproduction of UHD images in a broadcast environment. The table below provides a nice summary of the type and features.

types of LED lights

One of the conclusions of their study was that UHD camera color reproduction is more accurate than HDTV camera under LED lighting, but it is more sensitive to the color rendering properties of the LED light source. To better understand what level of CRI the LED lighting needs for a UHD camera, the group did human testing comparing images at illuminated by LED light set to 3000K, 5600K and 6500K to a standard image with a Xenon light source. They concluded with new recommendations (Ra>90 and Rg>80).