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Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health

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Slow-motion video recording.

Technically yes, but unfortunately that means purchasing the bulb beforehand

I don't know of a way around that (short of maybe finding reviews).

Re: Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and physical health

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Japanese ceiling lights have standard functionalities for adjusting not only brightness, but also yellow-blue levels. Are simpler (e.g. not full RGB) LED lights like this not as common/affordable in other places? I just realized that I really take them for granted.

I have seen downlights which have a switch to toggle between warm and cool but the switch is not accessible after installation. I imagine the hardest part is just the controls. You’d have to run some data line along with the electrical and then have a special switch which contains the controls. Unless you are willing to go with a wireless remote in which case just get the ikea bulbs for cheap.

The simpler version of this is Philips Warm Glow in the US, generically known as 'warm dim', where the lamp has two LED engines - one bright and cold, one dimmer and warm, and it crossfades between them when the lamp is dimmed. Works great. I use it for every lamp in my house.
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