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I agree with Zodwallop, at least in principle. I keep my Kindle light set at about 11 or 12 and I rarely change it, indoors our out. I don't read in the dark.
If there's any loss of sharpness, and I doubt there is these days but I don't really know, it's more than made up by the increase of contrast with a lighted reader.
The Paperwhite is well named. The background is as white as the paper in a printed book, or whiter. Turning the light up too high begins to lighten the text but it has to get pretty high for that to happen. In normal use there's a large increase in contrast.
I began with the Kindle 3 and then the Kindle 4 and Kindle 5 before I got a Paperwhite. Each was a small improvement, enough to satisfy me but not enough to impress me. when I got the Paperwhite I was impressed. I'd no more read on an unlit reader today than I'd grow my own food.
I do have an unlit reader; a Kobo Mini. In terms of size and convenience it's nearly perfect for me. If it had a light it would be my favorite reader. It was given to me by someone in another forum who no longer wanted it to give to someone in my retirement home. Since then a few people have bought Kindles or Kobos with lights rather than take the free Kobo Mini.
Barry
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