I got a 10k lumen LED flood (110W of LED! 😱) to combat winter gloom. I turned it on the first time without thinking about where I was looking and it was like opening the Ark of the Covenant. Also fun: it produces hilarious artifacts on the iPhone camera—weird grids, banding, etc
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Eager to hear your report after a few days! I've been considering getting one of these
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A couple people in my family deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder by using a
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Interesting… does that work?
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Film it with the iPhone slow-mo camera. If it causes strobing then that's what the banding is. LED PWM - causes me massive headaches, hope it's all good for you though.
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Will test tomorrow; thank you! No headaches yet.
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Based on experience with my wife’s SAD, I recommend upgrading to a strand of 25 sockets you fill with 16w (100w-equiv) LED bulbs, if your current setup isn’t enough. Or 21w/2500lm bulbs, if cost efficiency matters less than time/space. 3000K color is nicely warm. (Not a joke.)
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Ah, very interesting, thank you! It’s good to learn that 3000K is working well for your wife. The studies I’d seen had suggested cool light was necessary, eg
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I’ve been using Slow TV style YouTube videos. 10 hour beach scenes or train rides or aquariums. Great for baby entertainment too :)
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Scott, have you found Rambalac yet? youtube.com/user/Rambalac
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