• Welcome to Photrio!
    Registration is fast and free. Join today to unlock search, see fewer ads, and access all forum features.
    Click here to sign up

95 CRI shop light for my darkroom, $99

btaylor

Subscriber
Allowing Ads
Joined
Dec 28, 2010
Messages
2,294
Location
Los Angeles
Format
Large Format
I have struggled with getting a decent lamp for both general darkroom lighting and print evaluation. It can be a difficult decision (at least for me) because we rarely know the light that’s going to be illuminating a photo hanging on the wall. I had a 4’ shop light with some decent (but not photo quality) fluorescent bulbs and the ballast failed- so I went shopping for a high CRI LED replacement. The replacement arrived today and it looks and works well. I was seeing prices in the $100’s of dollars and high minimum orders as I was searching until I found this $99, 95 CRI LED shop light for artists. I would have preferred 4000k to split the difference between daylight and tungsten, but 5000k should do the job. It’s also available in a 6500k version. It takes 2-3 seconds for the lamps to extinguish completely BTW. Here is the link if anyone’s interested
https://www.northluxlighting.com/products/northlux-95-cri-led-shop-light-fixture
Bonus: shipping is free in the US.
 

calphotography

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
Jul 24, 2012
Messages
26
Location
Indiana USA
Format
Multi Format

Thanks for the info! The parent company Waveform Lighting actually offers a 4000k 95 CRI flicker free version of the light. https://store.waveformlighting.com/products/centric-daylight-95-cri-led-shop-light-fixture