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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print viewing/Solux alternatives?

2019-04-15 by Mark Savoia

The should work well. Their lighting is very accurate.

I assume you will get the 6500K version and have your monitor calibrated to D65?

Mark
stillrivereditions.com

> On Apr 15, 2019, at 2:36 PM, per@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I am wanting to set up an area next to my calibrated monitor to view prints in to tune my softproofs, and some research seems to indicate that solux MR16 lamps is what people used to use. However, it seems virtually impossible to find a desk or floor lamp for MR16 bulbs nowadays. I don't have the budget to buy a viewing booth, so this leaves me kind of stumped. What are people doing? I want to do something that gets me 80-90% of the way to optimum without spending a ton of money. 
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> One thing my internet research has dug up is these CRI 95 bulbs: https://store.waveformlighting.com/products/filmgrade-flicker-free-a19-led-bulb <https://store.waveformlighting.com/products/filmgrade-flicker-free-a19-led-bulb> but CRI of course is not the be-all-end-all. Has anyone tried this? They are obviously discontinous spectrum lights to some degree. 
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> Any tips? What are people doing?
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