On 22 Dec 2004 at 22:11, Frantisek wrote: > Another question - I use 5000 degree Kelvin fluorescent tube (it's a > graphic design one, with proper full spectrum, Ra index of 95) when > editing on the computer. I was looking for a compact fluorescent (that > is, one with the electronic ballast built-in, which you jsut screw in > instead of normal lightbulb) with that colour fidelity, but couldn't > find any from several big makers. Anybody knows if such a thing > exists? I can get plenty of Ra>95 linear tubes, but they are too long > and big to screw in my normal lamp ;-) > Good light!
I'm using a very late and cheap domestic spiral CF with ES base as my print view lamp. I shot a Greytag colour reference illuminated by it and the colours were very close (as good as the daylight rendition after colour compensation) and I measured it with my colorimeter and it reported 4995k Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
