Ulophot
9-Apr-2025, 14:19
I had found an inexpensive product that solved my red safelighting issue: an 18" long aluminum channel bar with LEDS installed behind a diffuser that I can bounce off the ceiling and have soft, even light.
The previous post is here:
https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?180449-Red-LED-safelight-bar-useful
I just called the company to see if they might have a (non-listed) amber version of the same configuration. Nope. As far as a DIY, I could get aluminum channel and strip lights, but the latter come in 16-ft lengths and would be more than $60. I would need about 16 inches, if I were to make two 8"-long bars, which would be adequate for my needs (see post).
Although I'm not unhappy with my two amber mini-globes in bullet enclosures, I just wonder if any else has ideas, or knows of sources, for mimicking the bar light with shorter LED strips. I realize that one can cut the strips; I'm just not going to spend $90-100 (incl. shipping) on a lot of material I don't need.
The previous post is here:
https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?180449-Red-LED-safelight-bar-useful
I just called the company to see if they might have a (non-listed) amber version of the same configuration. Nope. As far as a DIY, I could get aluminum channel and strip lights, but the latter come in 16-ft lengths and would be more than $60. I would need about 16 inches, if I were to make two 8"-long bars, which would be adequate for my needs (see post).
Although I'm not unhappy with my two amber mini-globes in bullet enclosures, I just wonder if any else has ideas, or knows of sources, for mimicking the bar light with shorter LED strips. I realize that one can cut the strips; I'm just not going to spend $90-100 (incl. shipping) on a lot of material I don't need.