light box project complete

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Hi All

i thought i would share some pics from the build of my new light box. the whole project took me 2 afternoons. it wasn't as difficult as i was expecting and it seems to function well.

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice.
What did you use to illuminate it with?

RB

[Somnium (Aidan)]

i got a 3w LED from Jaycar, it seems to do the job.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=ST3915

Originally Posted by RB

Very nice.
What did you use to illuminate it with?

RB

[julianh72 (Julian)]

Originally Posted by Somnium

i got a 3w LED from Jaycar, it seems to do the job.

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=ST3915

Just wondering - does it matter that LEDs don't give a true white light, but rather, their spectrum is typically concentrated in a couple of fairly narrow bands?

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Um ... it shouldn't matter. Just so long as you have an even distribution of light . I am not sure if it will be an issue when taking flats with narrow band filters on but I don't do nb imaging.

Originally Posted by julianh72

Just wondering - does it matter that LEDs don't give a true white light, but rather, their spectrum is typically concentrated in a couple of fairly narrow bands?