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ballenberg · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: Mighty Bright?

Hey guys--What am I missing?

I ordered a Mighty Bright clip-on light touted on this board, thinking that maybe it would be perfect for the studio copy stand

I like to keep the overall light in the booth nice and dim, and just have the copy highlighted by a separate light. The Mighty Bright however, to my eyes, was totally not. Bright that is. In fact, it was painfully dim.

When I spoke to customer service they told me it's output was something like 57 lumens. Lumens, huh? So how, Mr Customer Service guy, does that translate into something I can use? When he checked, he was able to compare it for me to the 60 watt bulb I'm currently using. 900 lumens.

Okay: 60 watt bulb= 900 lumens of brightness
Might Light dual LED=57 lumens of darkness

So like I said: what am I missing?

Bruce · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:04 am Post subject:

Well, if you turn off all the lights in the room and sit there totally in the dark for half an hour, I betcha that thing will work perfectly. Of course doing that often will also attract bats.

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ballenberg · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:04 am Post subject:

I'll have to try that Smile

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:05 am Post subject:

I bought the dedicated lamp to go on my Rat stand and it's fabby in a 90,000 Lumens kinda way. Have to read quickly or the script bursts into flames.

ballenberg · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject:

Philip--I assumed your scripts always burst into flames, in your honor. Smile

Which RAT lamp? There are a bunch of them--single, double, tungsten, LED, gig etc.

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:08 pm Post subject:

tis indeed the double tungsten.

Bailey · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject:

Try OttLite. Looks good to me and great for reading.
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ballenberg · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject:

Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:21 am Post subject:

ballenberg · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:49 am Post subject:

Excellent--Thanks

bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

I have one of these little dual-head Mighty Brights on my copy stand and it works pretty well although it's a very cold white light.

http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Bright-Duet-L-E-D-Black/dp/B001AH83UG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1283434297&sr=8-8
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject: