On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:59:50 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:


"Scott Seidman" wrote



reasonable price. I most definitely prefer to tie with it instead of with
ambient light, or even with "standard" flourescent task lights like the
one
in my circular magnifier.




Absolutely ... I have a couple "free to good home" circular magnifiers
around here someplace, I never use em ..want em?

Before you trash 'em, you might wish to check and see if tubes (bulbs)
more to your liking are available. I checked a couple of our CFLs, and
found what I expected - they aren't OTT, which I knew, but they are
5500K, etc., etc., and were about 5-6USD each.


oh, and MY "better" was simply that the Solux seemed closer to natural light
... ( that is the ads make it seem thus ... but then I really want one of
those "self casting submarine parts" fly rods too ... me be a sucker )

"Natural light," as a term used by itself, is somewhat hard to pin down
as such - are we talking dawn in Mexico City, noon on the Gulf of
Mexico, or midnight on the floor of a rain forest? Google up color
temperature of "daylight" and I think you'll find some info. If you
mean, generally, pretty close to daylight/sunlight, look for something
"full spectrum." But also keep the "brightness" in mind. I don't think
you'd be too comfortable tying under an arc light or a big ol' PAR64 can
with a 1000 watter in it (picture a stage light).

Something else, what about the "color" (blue, green, etc.) - I don't
find it easier, but some swear by those colored "gel" sheets for reading
because, IIRC, of the change in contrast from black type on white paper.
Supposedly (and I say "supposedly" because I don't know much about it,
not because I doubt its veracity) some folks are really helped by
differing colors of light, so either a true lamp gel or a colored lamp
might help, but ???

TC,
R