Looks rightOriginally Posted by Randy Moe
Looks right
I'm using the 4K Par30s bulbs. I'd use a 5k if they had one. That said, these things make art look great. I've got one on a painting that's mostly greens and blues (and looks muddy under a 3K lamp) that looks excellent under this 4K 95 CRI lamp. It looks very close to what it looks like in warm sunlight (early morning, late evening), not that I let direct sunlight hit this painting very often. But when I move it sometimes I just want to see all that's there. So shoot me.
Bruce Watson
I prefer 5000
Thanks Bruce and Steven.
4K is the coldest they offer.
I am considering the one Bruce linked to as I also want CRI 95.
I can't find the 7000K CRI 97 fluorescent tubes I installed 27 years ago in my wife's painting studio SHED! Bought a case from Grainger.
They were amazing.
This is close to what I last bought and about the same price, But I no longer need 25...
Tin Can
That is pricey! I am looking at adding the Solux thruout the house to pump on to the photos I hand. I have emailed the place twice inquiring about different products and they just plain ignore me. Guess, unless your gonna spend 10K with them, they don't want to give you the time of day. I would like to use 5K bulbs though. I think I can find those out there somewhere.
The Piezography like SORAA lights on a dimmer. They are LEDs: not hot, very efficient.
I guess with dimmers you can adjust display illumination. For my next show I'll bring my own lighting and electrician to install dimmers.
Looking at the pars, the coolest they get is 3K.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
They are priced right.
Tin Can
It depends, I expect, on what you're doing. I make bw prints. I do have Solux, but I also have high CRI Leds. Both work fine for my purposes, but if I printed color, I'm not so sure. An LED might have a high CRI, but it's still unlikely to have a continuous spectrum. On the other hand, what matters most is that the light is similar to the light in which the print is displayed, so if you're going to display with LED for the energy/heat savings, then using the same light to proof makes sense. I expect that these fine distinctions only matter if one is doing very color critical work, such as copying artwork, or matching fabric/material samples for commercial purposes.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
I know some photographers use 4700 to display color work and bw, the SORAA go to 4000K. What would be the upside to 4K over 5K? If I ever changed, i would need all new bulbs in my house sine they are all 5K. Plus, I typically profile my monitor to 6500K, I wonder if I would have to change that?
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