01-07-2011, 12:21 PM
MasonJar Wrote:My wife was eyeing the Ott lights for quilting, and they can get expensive...!
I was always told that you should light your work area as you light the layout. That way, there are no magical transformations of paint colour or weathering when the project moves from the bench to the layout....
So if you use daylight-spectrum (or have a window) then the Ott would be a good worklight. If however, the layout is lit by fluorescent tubes, you're better off with a fluorescent work light too.
Andrew
The only reason I would disagree is that your eyes are designed to work with daylight spectrum. If you are going to strictly limit your modeling time to no more than 30 minutes followed by at least 10 to 15 minutes of resting your eyes before another 30 minutes of modeling, you are right. Otherwise you are facing the choice between risking eye damage for the sake of your modeling. It comes down to the question of what trade offs are acceptable and what are not.