Re: 4x5 Light panels

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Rylander wrote:
 
> >My sentiments, exactly.  Rather than buy a commercial light panel, then cut
> >it apart, I made my own Saturn viewer backlight from raw components (Cold
> >Cathode Fluorescent Light and inverter - available from Digi-Key
> >[www.digikey.com] at $10 for the bulb and $15 for the inverter).
>
> [great details snipped]

Greg Erker wrote:
> 
>   Do you have a jpeg photo of your project?

I was going to ask the same thing.  And I also have to
ask "Richard, why have you been holding out on us all
this time?  Keeping such great info a secret???"   ;-)

Richard again:

> If you don't mind spending a little time tinkering,
> a relatively cheap (compared to commercial light
> panels) backlight can be made that matches the viewer
> cosmetically, and produces bright, uniform illumination.

Can the light box you built be readily detached and used
as a stand alone light pad?  If not, some folks might
prefer to have the commercially made light pad for the
dual-purpose functionality.

Paul Talbot