Dear Fellow Cave Dwellers Although Thomas likes the Solux lamps I didn't get on with them for general work area illumination - the housings are expensive and you need several if you want to light anything bigger than a small print.
Check out GB bulbs <http://www.gbbulbs.co.uk/acatalog/Daylight_and_Full_Spectrum.html> for fluorescent and compact fluorescent lighting. The above link will take you to a page which explains the CRI [colour rendering index] used to rate their lighting. The higher the quality of light output compared to natural daylight, the higher the rating on a scale of 0-100. Activa 172 6500kfluorescent tubes have a CRI of 98 and have a good clean light. Using these I can actually get tempted to go and do some work on grey days because the light is so nice in the studio...<G> The compact fluorescent 6500k bulbs [low energy] have a CRI of 82, but can appear to give a slightly bluish light, similar to those tungsten 'daylight' craft bulbs. Whatever the manufacturers claims about the ability of these CF bulbs to counteract SAD the blue cast on some of them is enough to give me a fit of the winter blues... Once you have a decent light source control any other light in your work area with screens or blinds. You may not want to paint your workspace a nice neutral grey - particularly if it is also your living area, but try to avoid any strong colour around you that could influence your assesment of screen and print. And finally - you do not want any light reflecting onto your monitor. Apart from confusing any calibration you do it will also make your eyes tire a lot quicker. There we go - get that total control set up in the lighting department and you can carry on hibernating untill real daylight arrives sometime in July... All the best Julia on 14/01/04 9:45 am,Thomas wrote: > Make a ghoogle search for a Solux Task lamp or Solux 4700 Kelvin. These > bulbs are extremely close to daylight (apparently then next best thing to > D50 daylight). If you need a bigger area lighted you may want to purchase > the bulbs and some black housings seperately. bulbs are 4700K but the match > between print and a D65 calibrated screen is really good. > > This link <http://www.atlantalightbulbs.com/solux/soluxpec.html> will give > you an idea of the difference between Solux and a fluorescent tube. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
