Before you invest in LED lights, make sure you understand CRI

LED lighting technology isall the rage, and there are great reasons to invest in LED lights. (Beyond using them as alightsaber.) However,photographers are keenly aware that it's not just the light that's important, but also the quality of light you have. One tool we can useto assess the color accuracy of a light is the color rendering index, or CRI, which provides some information about how accurately a light can reveal color compared to an 'ideal' light. A light which perfectly emulates the col...