Chris <nimbo@ukonline.co.uk> writes: > Is a full spectrum tube also known as a "North light"? I asked for a > special tube for my photo-room the man who fitted it said that it was 95% of > the sun's light in colour. > > It is very blue compared with other (tungsten) lights in the home but it was > not that much different in price from ordinary fluorescent tubes. I don't know that brand name, but it's certainly going to be much bluer than tungsten if it's anything like daylight. > I had difficulty buying one because it can be used in a home studio and I > was told that it had to be licensed (is this true in the UK?). It is only > used to view prints, I do not have a home studio. The bulbs fit in any ordinary fluourescent fixture, so it seems strange to make a law treating it specially. There's no such law around here (Minnesota, USA), and the bulbs are easily available at retail outlets. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info
