Showing posts with label daylight lamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daylight lamp. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Daylight Lamp in action

Here are a couple of pictures of my cheap daylight lamp. First one is both the lamp's light and the nearby bulb light mixed together, and the second one is just the daylight lamp alone. Of course, my camera adjusted the exposure based on the amount of available light, so the contrast is essentially meaningless. Anyway, here it is.
Cheap, works, 27 watts. DH looked it up and a replacement bulb is €5. Socket is GX10Q and color temp is 6500 K.
Done is better than perfect.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Daylight lamp for sale at Lidl

For those of you who haven't used a daylight lamp with your creative work, it's great. You can really see the colors, even when real daylight isn't there.
They can get expensive, but yesterday, Lidl put them on sale at € 17,99 each. The color temperature is about 6500 K, which should be pretty good. I believe most daylight lamps range from 5000 K to 6500 K.
Thanks to Elvira, who tipped me and the other Quilt-Sterne off. I ran right out and got one. Our Lidl in Ehningen still had a dozen or so, so they're not likely to sell out quickly, but I wouldn't wait if you're in the market.
Link to Lidl Lamp
I also heard the tip for the first time to just bend a daylight lamp under your plexiglas quilt table, and presto! you have a light table. Clever, what quilters know.