95 CRI shop light for my darkroom, $99

[btaylor]

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]

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.

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

 

[btaylor]

Thanks for that addition! $4 less expensive too