Digital BW, The Print

I have a German brand called Whitestar UV-P:  5300K.  BLV Licht und
Vakuumtechnik Gmbh seems to be the manufacturer.


> From: <hogarth@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:51:04 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] display lighting [was: Interesting comment re UV
> filtering]
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> You ought to think about bumping your lighting up to 5300K.  There are
>> a few MR-16 options available now but I suspect that your track
>> lighting may not be quite so flexible re high K bulbs.  It does,
>> however, make a huge difference to the look, and feel, of a room.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Steve
> 
> I'm not using low voltage tracks unfortunately. I put the tracks in when
> LV transformers still buzzed like bees in spring and MR-16s weren't as
> good as PAR30s. Times change.
> 
> What bulbs do you have that do 5300K? I've got some Solux bulbs in one
> track that started out at 4700K (if I had 12VDC which I probably
> didn't), and have yellowed noticably in the last year (there's three of
> them side by side - they used to be the same color but now are three
> very different colors).
> 
> So, what's considered good for display lighting these days???
> --
> Bruce Watson