Spectral film simulations from scratch

I just read though Digitizing film using DSLR and RGB LED lights - #22 by damirk and wandered if at approach would meld well with this software. I then though, would there be any value in having a light source with a range of different spectrum LEDs that we could cycle through to build a source image with more than just RGB input spectrum?

LEDs are small and it would be easy to have a dense array of different bulbs. They could be software controlled. I’m thinking of a process like this:

  1. Take an image with each colour LED and no negative. Use that to figure out the raw response of the sensor+Bayer mask and fix any inconsistencies in backlight brightness uniformity. Also calibrate light brightness and or exposure as required.
  2. With film in place take an image with each colour light, correct the captured data with the information from 1.
  3. Generate a spectral image and import into the negative processing pipeline.

This would all have to be automated or it would be too cumbersome, so in use, it would be a matter of pressing the setup button with no negative, then pressing the capture button for each negative.

Would that result in a meaningfully better result?

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