Lighting

[Guest]

Haha, thanks. Keeps them off the bench but close to hand.

For future I've been looking at putting a large shelf above the bench for storage with one or two of the flat panel LED luminaires underneath it. They should give a good area light with no shadows. I've seen similar done with several strips of LED tape and that's another option.

[AlanG]

Thing is that shadows are sometimes a good thing. How else is it possible to highlight uneven surfaces without putting a primer on it? I find that if light is too bright then it can mask/hide some glaring errors

[SimonT]

The important thing is the daylight colour rendering - they have a colour correlated temperature of around 6500degK, which is like natural daylight. It means the colours you see when you paint are pretty much the same as looking at the colours naturally in daylight

My old lamp had warm white lamps with a CCT of 2800degK which skewed the colours I was seeing as that is towards the warm, redder end of the spectrum

As nicely demonstrated by Allen’s pictures

[Guest]

Agreed for some situations Alan. That's why I have my angle pose light off to the side at the minute. I can turn off the overheads and shine across the surface which really highlights any issues.

CRI is also quite an important factor too Simon. A light with a low Colour Rendering Index like a cheap LED only outputs certain parts of the visible spectrum, altering the apparent colour of the item it illuminates. A CRI over 90 ( out of 100) is considered as pretty accurate.

[topgazza]

Too bright just washes everything out as Al says and the important is that CRI rating for daylight is the most important. Getting the balance right is key. Whilst I check out those excellent Natural light fittings I will get one of those Ikea Tertial £9 angle poise and a single daylight E27 led bulb as a short term solution. I do like those Natural Light lamps though and £100 is not bad when your eyes are affected

[Olivetti20]

Hi Gary
I have a Triple Bright
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Daylight light, large area and clamps to the desk. Not cheap though. HERE (This is a replacement for the Daylight Triple Bright Lamp D32500 which I have. Presumably it is just a slightly improved model)

Ooh i like that,although ive just bought myself a beauty/skin clinic type led magnifying lamp from ebay( used £25)