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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19977 Posts |
One of my main tricks for taking decent coin pictures has been my trusty FML-27 lamp. It was extremely bright and produced excellent, full spectrum light. Sadly, it finally blew out of the desk lamp and I quickly discovered that Lights of America no longer makes it. There are some Chinese knockoffs out there but they are junk based on reviews. RIP my good friend!   I decided to try an LED "full spectrum" lamp after failing to find anything else I like in the fluorescent category. Picked up one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&psc=1So far, I like it. It's almost as bright as my old lamp but it's far softer. The bulbs in the FML-27 seemed to produce better, sharper cartwheel spokes. Anyhow, just took a couple of test pictures for now. Seems to be pretty good but the real proof will come when I test some toners.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8940 Posts |
Rest in Peace Thad's lamp. You will be missed.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
24885 Posts |
Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7295 Posts |
Nice lamp, I really need a new lamp. My near eyesight is not what it was even 5 years ago.
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Valued Member
179 Posts |
RIP lamp. It is sort of ironic that you said the lamp died, and then that the lamp's name was FML. Good luck!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
They sell a lot of those LED lamps at Walmart. I like them due to low or no heat. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I use an OTT-LITE with one of their "white light" tubes.
It's significant enough that Goodman memtions it in his book Numismatic Photography.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
Nice lamp. I am always running around the house trying to find the best lighting .... usually end up in my sons room using his desk lamp.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Glad you were able to find one that may meet your expectations and looking forward to some toner pictures...
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Moderator
 United States
190135 Posts |
Always sad to see a trusted took bite the dust, but at least you found something to fill the void.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
19977 Posts |
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Edited by BadThad
09/18/2019 12:01 am
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Moderator
United States
190135 Posts |
Excellent! |
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Posted 09/12/2019 9:37 pm
