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    • Tungsten_smoothT
      Tungsten_smooth
      last edited by Tungsten_smooth

      I've just been informed about the Sekonic Corporation C-700 device, and it's ~$500 less than others I have seen mentioned. I was thinking I'd burn through $2000 on one, but this one is around $1500 or less. I'd still like to get this number closer to $1000 if possible, the prices are just crazy for a glass prism and software to break it down and read it.

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      • lornaL
        lorna
        last edited by

        I would wait on burning $2000....

        @lorna

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        • Tungsten_smoothT
          Tungsten_smooth @lorna
          last edited by

          @lorna O.K. I'll take your advice. I guess saving $500 would be less useful than having a better device. What do you think drives up the price so much? I understand they do something with the glass to break down all the wavelengths of light but this has got to be a standard process by now right?

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          • herfH
            herf
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            Calibration is hard - the materials are pretty cheap:
            https://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/1-4-2013/foldup-spectrometer-iphone

            More soon. :)

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            • Tungsten_smoothT
              Tungsten_smooth @herf
              last edited by

              @herf Wow! That's enlightening. I hope it gets cheaper to calibrate the stuff, I really want high quality light. I want everyone to know that fluorescents put off a strange light and it's not at all nice. It's just all over the place. It makes it incredibly difficult for me to read smaller fonts (maybe 6-7 points). It's hard to do that anyway, but with fluorescent it's just about impossible.

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