Bottletopburly Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I bought a 600sq led ceiling panel it’s the type you fit in suspended ceiling , I think with a little tweak should work well , the intention is to place it a few feet away from the scope , on the shed or fence when needed it’s very light weight and thin 12mm ish very even light and supposed to be flicker free , but boy is it bright like you can light the whole neighbourhood so I will mount a piece of 3mm ply over the face with maybe a 300mm hole and use a pice of transparent self-adhesive 3mm foam To dim the brightness I think that may work or some baking paper whatever works best ,maybe should have gone for a 300mm panel 😂😂 but they’re cheap these panel types coming in at £10-20 range off eBay +Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 We live and learn David 😂 Sounds interesting though I need a new light in my kitchen. Darren Ball, +RonC and Bottletopburly 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 This is one i've seen on Amazon, and was recommended by actual astro-imagers. Cost was £32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Link here (sorry, forgot to add it !) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J3NRAV2/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A3UE17SNWWCYZJ&psc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bino-viewer said: Link here (sorry, forgot to add it !) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J3NRAV2/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A3UE17SNWWCYZJ&psc=1 I tried on of those imo they are side lit from one edge and don’t evenly illuminate and surface markS very easily rob, binned it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Oh dear.......! 😧 Sorry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Panel dimmed with a sheet of frosted acrylic and two layers of frosted adhesive Film from Wilkinson’s will see how that goes BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Bloody hell David it looks very bright. In fact I would go as far as to say, too bright by a long long way. Be interesting to see what results you get with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Graham said: Bloody hell David it looks very bright. In fact I would go as far as to say, too bright by a long long way. Be interesting to see what results you get with it. you could be right graham i was thinking that earlier its finding the right material to dim sufficiently it started off at 6500 k believe me when i say it lights the whole neighbourhood i really just want a soft light ,i think thats the problem with led they are too bright to start off maybe need a few layers of tracing paper type paper ,i want to steer away from using white paper ,i had some baking paper before just the right texture and colour i think it was morrisons own brand so need to don the mask and take a trip too the supermarket . Would make a great shed/workshop light though Edited October 4, 2020 by Bottletopburly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Best thing I found back in the day when I took flats apart from the sky was a laptop screen. Set the screen to white. Then using the lowest exposure setting on the camera adjust the screen brightness to the required level on the histogram Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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