Where to buy D65 lights?

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Where to buy D65 lights?

PostThu Aug 26, 2021 12:05 pm

Where do people go to buy lighting for grading suites? I'm making some upgrades to my home office/grading suite and I've been reading about temps and rendering indices for lighting. My understanding is that D65 lights with a CRI of 90 or better are important to have in all the fixtures in the room. But where does one buy such bulbs? I've looked all around the internet and can't find anything like that. The bulbs I've found that have a CRI >= 90 all have color temps around 3000K. Most places don't have anything higher than 5000K. I found a couple that were 6000K but their CRI was only 80. Even if I found a bulb that was 6500K, I don't think exactly the same as D65, is it?

Any advice appreciated. Thanks!
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Re: Where to buy D65 lights?

PostThu Aug 26, 2021 8:10 pm

I went to a local lighting store for some D65 fluorescent with dimmable ballast for my Home Theater.
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Re: Where to buy D65 lights?

PostThu Aug 26, 2021 8:35 pm

I remember these being all the rage years back.. i have a few of these around my plasma for "surround" they are D65 far as i know.. You might check them out and their data sheets to see if they can work in your situation.. they can also be chained together which is also handy.

https://www.cinemaquestinc.com/ideal_lu ... lumesb.htm#Pro
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Re: Where to buy D65 lights?

PostMon Aug 30, 2021 9:35 am

You know, there actually is a local lighting store around here. I'll go check them out. Those ideal lume things look pretty cool too. I think they'll make good bias lights.

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