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Canon Considering LED Flash?

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:03 am
by SantaFeJoe
A patent suggests Canon may be considering LED flashes for still or video:

https://petapixel.com/2019/04/15/canon-may-build-led-lights-into-dslr-pop-up-flashes-patent-suggests/

Joe

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:29 am
by Mike in O

Re:

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:35 pm
by SantaFeJoe
Mike in O wrote:Why not use this instead
https://www.adorama.com/sohvlleir1.html ... =adl-gbase
Because it’s not built-in to the camera and, therefore, not as convenient as a pop-up.

Joe

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:00 pm
by DChan
Guess low light close distance AF is no longer an issue :-)

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:07 pm
by Brian Stirling
Xenon flash has a CRI of about 100 whereas few LED's are much more than about 94 and most are closer to 80. Additionally, Xenon tubes can be as much as 50% efficient at turning electrical energy into light whereas LED's are not that efficient. Of course, an LED flash unit could be smaller and less expensive so I suspect it will dominate on-camera built in flash units.


Brian

Re:

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:31 pm
by SantaFeJoe
Brian Stirling wrote:Xenon flash has a CRI of about 100 whereas few LED's are much more than about 94 and most are closer to 80.  Additionally, Xenon tubes can be as much as 50% efficient at turning electrical energy into light whereas LED's are not that efficient.  Of course, an LED flash unit could be smaller and less expensive so I suspect it will dominate on-camera built in flash units.


Brian

I think the idea is to provide a continuous light source for video, primarily. I have no knowledge of the output they may intend to produce, but this type of flash is not anything we will see anytime soon in a real camera.

Joe