Doug's Workshop Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Just wanted to chime in regarding the Ott light. I have an Ott light, and I have a swing-arm lamp with a 5000 kelvin compact fluorescent bulb. The CFC puts out perfectly good, pure white light, at least as far as I can tell. It's super bright, fairly cool to work under, and significantly cheaper than the Ott light. I'm not saying that Ott isn't great, but I don't see a difference in lighting, and the price for the 5000 kelvin bulb is waaaaaaay cheaper than the Ott lamp. -Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayin Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I've got an OTT tabletop light myself, and it has a flip-down magnifying lens. It was my first time using magnification, and holy cow did it make a difference! My eyes are pretty good for fine details, but since I've started painting with it, I notice they feel less strained after hours of work. And the light itself is a wonderful improvement, too. I usually paint most of the mini without magnification, then switch to it for the fiddly bits. I know OTTS are expensive - I didn't realize how much so at first since I picked mine up on what turned out to be a ridiculous sale. I got it for about $20-30!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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