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Originally Posted by fearindex
While we agree much, I still wonder if we mean the same thing by even lighting on the $69 Kindle cover, new? By uneven I simply mean the light brightness varies depending where on the page one measures it. The $69 Kindle cover light of course isn't splotchy like PW can be.
All $69 Kindle 4/4B covers I've seen hotspot near under the light and then go on to become a little dimmer towards the sides. By hotspotting I mean an area shows a brighter circular glow of the light where it biggest hits the surface. Even if the sides don't look dimmer to you, are you saying yours' doesn't hotspot either?
Now I understand you use a filter on your lamp, so obviously I mean an unmodded light.
Here is my photo of three different $69 Kindle lighted cases from the first posts of this thread, all showing the hotspot and lighting unevenness - brighter in top middle and less bright towards the sides and bottom (a more careful look finds the more subtle differences like LEDs pointing a little differently):
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If I didn't have the lens filter (aka masking tape) and the flag taped to the light arm, perhaps I would have uneven lighting. But no I do not have hot spots or dark areas. Perhaps my holding the left side of the cover upright (not flat) makes the lighting more concentrated. I do this because I don't want light flooding the room for my light sensitive sleeping bird
I also put the fabric tape over the area under the light where it says "kindle" to stop any reflection.
I am telling you my light is soooo bright.
My K4B might look like your pics, but I am not going to test without all of my covers and flag that work for what I want it to do. I knew I needed to lower the light intensity big time.
We really should work for Amazon Kindle design because I would tell them what we want and design it our way!
Does this picture have your flags on the arm? If not that explains why they look that way. My flag redirects the light. It just works for me, it ain't perfect, but I can see the text to read. I have light still flooding over the right side of the book on my bed. If I didn't aim the left side of the cover the light would be flooding to the left. Hope this makes sense.