Re: Studio Lighting

[David Spellman <david@photopro.com>]

Tim Catlin wrote:

> I'm in the process of building a home based studio for doing archival
> work with my Epsons.  I'm looking at lighting made by OTT-LIGHT.  They
> make a fluorescent "Truecolor" tube that they claim enhances color
> matching.   http://www.ott-lite.com
>
> Can anyone make any recommendations for other lighting or have any
> experience with Ott-lite tubes?

    Ott-lites are excellent, but expensive, and they still have that
flourescent flicker that can tire your eyes out with time. I don't
recommend them for overall lighting -- but they're pretty good for spot
applications.
    For relatively large areas, you can achieve the same results with a
balanced combination of standard cool-white flourescents and tungsten
bulbs (I think the ratio is around three 60-watt tungsten bulbs per pair
of 4' shop-light size flourescent bulbs). The tungsten bulbs do a pretty
good job of filling in the parts of the spectrum missing in the
flourescents, and they provide a non-flicker component to the lighting
that can be a lot more soothing than flourescents alone.
    We've done this for quite a while, and we've checked the lighting
color with some pretty sophisticated color meters and with film, and it's
a good blend.

    david

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