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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4172631, member: 105571"]Those Jansjo LED lamps from Ikea have about a 2500K color to them. I bought three for coin photography and while they will work (you do have to do a white balance on your camera for the colors to come out correct), I find they are a little weak. But they are useful sometimes since the heads are so small you can position them easily. I think mine cost about $13 each last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't use CFLs for photography and I don't like them for coin viewing. Also, it's hard (or impossible) to find the color temperature range you might want.</p><p><br /></p><p>For general viewing, most people like the 2500K color temperature since it's easy on the eyes but I think if your primary purpose is viewing coins you want something that is about 5000K to 5500K color temperature. While incandescent works, they can get hot. You can find LED bulbs in this color range pretty much everywhere nowadays (all the big box hardware and general merchandise stores) for about $10-$13 for a pack of three. They run very cool, are much more efficient and last pretty much forever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4172631, member: 105571"]Those Jansjo LED lamps from Ikea have about a 2500K color to them. I bought three for coin photography and while they will work (you do have to do a white balance on your camera for the colors to come out correct), I find they are a little weak. But they are useful sometimes since the heads are so small you can position them easily. I think mine cost about $13 each last year. I wouldn't use CFLs for photography and I don't like them for coin viewing. Also, it's hard (or impossible) to find the color temperature range you might want. For general viewing, most people like the 2500K color temperature since it's easy on the eyes but I think if your primary purpose is viewing coins you want something that is about 5000K to 5500K color temperature. While incandescent works, they can get hot. You can find LED bulbs in this color range pretty much everywhere nowadays (all the big box hardware and general merchandise stores) for about $10-$13 for a pack of three. They run very cool, are much more efficient and last pretty much forever.[/QUOTE]
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