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Old 05-23-2009, 03:07 PM   #13
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Device: Sony PRS-505, -350; Kindle 3 3G, DX, PW 2; various tablets
ThinkTank Technology Bookmark Light

Here are pics from a cheapo Woot.com booklight (pack of three for $1.99 + $5 shipping, IIR). You need teensy tools to change the batteries (3x AG13, which I got for $5 for 100 off eBay). The loss of luminence due to low batteries almost convinced me they were less good than I had originally thought, so don't fall into that trap like I did with these button battery-powered booklights.

Apologies for the poor focus--the infrared focus light didn't server me well in a dark room without flash--but you get the idea of brightness.

This is my first time posting pictures. I don't yet know any way other than the "Attachments" icon, so don't know how to intersperse descriptive text. "Insert Image" requires a URL, but I don't want to host these pics.

The pics will be:
1. Package of three, opened
2. Closed with light clipped on the left cover. Shutting the cover causes no damage, but does make it more probably you'll accidentally hit a page button when the screen is on (just click the menu button to get back to the normal screen).
3. Open flat in dark.
4. Open in reading position. Shows brightness, but out of focus.
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