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Oct 21, 2010 00:26 |  #1

Hello folks.
This is something I would expect to find a lot of discussion about, but I can't seem to find anything at all. (I had so much trouble finding an actual "light box" on line that I was starting to wonder if the term was just a euphemism.) I'm in my new house with a room that will be used for nothing but photography and I'm trying to decide what to do about light for printing.
What works for you? An actual light box? If so, what kind? Or maybe just D50 bulbs in a ceiling track? Fluorescents? The kitchen window?

Thanks for your feedback.




  
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Oct 21, 2010 08:23 |  #2

John, many people use a Solux task lamp for a simple print viewing area. It's recommended to have the viewing area set up near your monitor, but far enough away so no light spills over and affects your image editing.

There are also more affordable fixtures which accept the low voltage MR-16 Solux halogen bulbs. I have a clamp-on type display lamp with a long flexible gooseneck. I use a Solux 4700k 35 watt bulb with 24 degree beam spread. It clamps to the edge of my desk, adjacent to my printer.

http://www.pegasusasso​ciates.com/DisplayLigh​tPDL214.html (external link)

There are also 5000K CFL bulbs available, but the tend to have color spikes in the green range. I also use these, 13 watt, in my standard reading lamp in my home office. Ottlite now makes CFL bulbs, but I haven't seen them in less than 100 watt. Solux also now sells PAR type bulbs for spotlight fixtures.


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Oct 21, 2010 11:33 |  #3

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Oct 21, 2010 14:16 as a reply to  @ René Damkot's post |  #4

Your question may be moot. Think about it...while the aforementioned suggestions are valid, but consider the client and ask yourself where the are going to hang that print and how they will be lighting it.
I once spent many hours softproofing a print to MPix's specs, returned it a couple of times until I was satisfied, found out later that client had it hanging, unlit, in the darkest corner they had.

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Oct 21, 2010 23:17 as a reply to  @ chauncey's post |  #5

Well Charles, it's nice to know I don't have to break my piggy-bank; thanks for that info.
René, it's also nice to know where to go if I decide I really need a light-box that costs more than all my computer and photography gear put together.:)
And Chauncey, my prints are for me; I just like to do the best job I can. I think having some sort of standards and consistency is part of that.

Thanks for all the input.




  
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Oct 22, 2010 19:45 |  #6

Charles, I've read of people having problems with the Solux light being too bright. Is that why you use the 35w instead of 50?




  
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