Digital BW, The Print

In his posting of Fri, 26 Feb 2010,  writes
>"keesatindy" restorephoto@sbcglobal.net    keesatindy
>
>Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:58 pm (PST)
>
>My 18w Ott-Lite vision saver bulb just died and I just discovered they no longer
>make this bulb. The switch on this lamb quite working long ago. Fortunately, it
>was in the "on" position and I've used a switched surge protector for the on/off
>function ever since. These bulbs were always a pain to replace anyway. Even
>dangerous, I think.

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Guys

You may not be aware that the Ott-Lite products are not good for 
critical appraisal of prints as they have a spiky spectrum unlike true 
daylight or tungsten bulbs.  Off course tungsten is far less blue than 
daylight and therefore not really suitable as it gives a distorted 
appearance to what you are evaluating. The best option is the bulbs and 
enclosures available from So-lux. 
http://solux.net/cgi-bin/tlistore/infopages/index.html

Cheers

Richard
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Richard Kenward      <www.artisan-digital-services.co.uk>
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