LEDs - with Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D.

LEDs - with Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D.

Author: James Ellis Deakins, Roger Deakins December 10, 2025 Duration: 1:05:57

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 171 - LEDs - with Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D.

In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we return to the world of LEDs. After speaking with Tim S. Kang (Season 2, Episode 165), we realized we had even more questions! To answer them, we invited Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D. who works at Fiilex Lighting as its Chief Product Officer to speak with us. We learn how Jeff's background in biology and physics and interest in the physical properties of light led him to work at Fiilex, and he shares what the company is doing to address the bottlenecks inhibiting further innovation in LED fixture design. Our questions run the gamut (again) on LED lighting technology, and Jeff teaches us how colour is really emitted from the fixtures. We also discuss how filmmakers and engineers deal with the spikes in a given fixture's colour spectrum, and we brainstorm future possibilities of the lights' designs. Plus, we learn the best tool to use to light worms, and we accidentally develop a new task for Jeff's intern.

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This episode is sponsored by Aputure


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