> In outdoor lighting they are too bright, and over-illuminate at night, but people use them anyway. I couldn't disagree more. Not only can you control the lum

> In outdoor lighting they are too bright, and over-illuminate at night, but people use them anyway. I couldn't disagree more. Not only can you control the lumens to a much finer extent, as more cities retrofit to LEDs, you're seeing better illumination with less distortion and far lower light pollution. There are striking images[0,2] from the LA Bureau of Streetlighting[1] that have made the rounds at a lot of lighting shows to prove this point, after they conducted the world's largest LED retrofit. The Bureau got praise from the Dark Skies movement for reducing light pollution while increasing pedestrian safety and lowering energy costs.[1] You might find a few in Hollywood that are nostalgic for the hazy yellows of sodium, but most photographers are really struck by the improvement, "in nearly every case, better for cinematography."[2] EDIT - On second read, you seem to be referring to the specific case of neighbors who don't understand how many lumens they need. It is easier to crank them up on LEDs, that's true. But that's really a problem with people installing high-lumens for no reason. They could as well install incandescent spotlights and be equally noxious. LEDs in general have so many upsides, attacking them broadly seems like throwing the baby out to spite your face. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurelmoglen/2017/03/15/eben-bayer-harnessing-mushroom-power-to-eradicate-plastics/#2015ddee7eef https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurelmoglen/2017/03/15/eben-ba... [1] http://bsl.lacity.org/led.html http://bsl.lacity.org/led.html [2] http://nofilmschool.com/2014/02/why-hollywood-will-never-look-the-same-again-on-film-leds-in-la-ny http://nofilmschool.com/2014/02/why-hollywood-will-never-loo...