Digital BW, The Print

Seth, your combo is essentially what I'm using...helical warm
fluorescents for the working environment, Ott right over the viewing
area...I can move prints in and out of the Ott's most intense viewing
area and watch the color change wildly...a useful exercise, keeps me
on my toes by keeping me aware of lighting issues :-)

The warm fluorescent helical that lights my small workspace is far
weirder than tungsten but it works well in context with Ott. 

The warm is nothing like tungsten's 2800-3400 typical range, surely
down closer to 2000 except that again the warm is an extremely chopped
spectrum, it's not capable of being measured as simply as we do with
daylight and tungsten.

Truth is, Ott is not daylight, it halfway fakes daylight. 

I think most people would be better off with conventional green
fluorescent, rather than the warm, for a working environment if they
don't have a relatively ok daylight viewing lamp (like Ott) in the mix.





> 
> A great combo I found was a four-bulb fixture alternating warm
flourescent
> and CR91's.  The "warm bulbs actually look orangey like tungsten.
> It gives a good mix to simulate home/office.  THE best is if I know
where
> they will view it so I can use some sliders and make adjustments.
> 
> I have, on rare occasion, made some color prints with slightly different
> tones, then asked the person what kind of light they would be
putting the
> print in, but that gets pricey also.
> 
> Seth
> 
> 
> ==-----Original Message-----
> ==From: Djon [mailto:westsidemaurice@y...] 
> ==
> == 
> ==I use an Ott light to partially simulate daylight, but mine's 
> ==clearly a very partial, chopped spectrum. Shoot some color 
> ==swatches with Ektachrome to see what I mean. Mine's 
> ==significantly inferior to the common "daylight" fluorescent 
> ==tubes that I use in lightboxes.
> ==
> ==Ott plus tungsten seems to me to be a good mix for print 
> ==evaluation...it's not daylight, but most display situations 
> ==aren't either. I find this mix works well for matching matte 
> ==prints to my monitor.
> ==
> ==
> ==> 
> ==> I check white in pure sunlight or an Ott light. Flourescent has that
> ==green
> ==> cavity and incandescent will warm the appearance of the paper.
> ==> 
> ==> Not a great test, but take it to a paint department that 
> ==has different 
> ==> lights for looking at their paint chips.
> ==> 
> ==> Seth
> ==>