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Hi, this is my first posting.
I have tried to search but couldn’t find anything.
I’m looking to buy a day light lamp.
I have had a look at the daylight company products, but the cheaper end, you can’t change the bulbs. I don’t mind spending more, but would like to know if they really are any better. Can anyone recommend specific daylight lamps?
Thanks
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unless you need a specific type of lamp , could you not just put a " daylight " bulb into a lamp you already have ? . I sometimes have a daylight bulb in one of those big clip-on brackets , borrowed from my bandsaw , . You probably know you can get daylight bulbs from Asda , B&Q etc . Sorry if I'm stating the obvious . If memory serves , my clip-on lamp holder was bought in Halfords , sometimes called a lead-light .
Steve
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I have had a daylight artists lamp for years (unfortunately no manufacturer's details on it) and found it very useful - it has a long bulb (replaceable) and the lamp can be clipped onto a table, or an easel, for ease of use. Artist lamps can be bought online e.g. JacksonsArt/other artist suppliers, and general suppliers like Amazon.
As suggested above, daylight bulbs in existing lamps would work but, if you want to clip lights onto an easel or to the side of a working surface, you might find investing in an artist's light worthwhile.
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<title></title><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">My studio window face south so the natural (glaring) sunlight is totally unsuitable, and in the dark grey days of winter the light from the window is so poor that artificial lighting is needed. I tried the expensive so called daylight bulbs without any real success constantly having to reposition them to eliminate glare plus one of them even failed to work straight out of the box! So eventually I purchased a couple of Daylight florescent tubes from B&Q and have to say they have worked a treat, perfectly in fact over the last seven years, as for colour truthfulness comparing a painting under this artificial light with natural light there appears very little difference. Fortunately I already had the florescent fittings so I only had to purchase the tubes which were I think about £8 each, expensive perhaps (more so if you have to buy the fittings) but they do the job and they last.