Most color correction filters for anything other-than-daylight to daylight
are pretty severe in correction factor. I try to do without them if at all
possible, except for fluorescent lights. What can be a surprise is
thinking you're shooting under household tungsten only to discover the
incandescent bulbs were replaced with the power-saving fluorescent ones
that screw into the bulb sockets. I now look to see what's in the lamps!
BTW, outdoors at night, nearly all streetlights are something other than
tungsten, such as mercury vapor or carbon arc. They can produce odd (and
sometimes ugly) color balance. Some like the warmer tones of avail. light
under incandescents . . . but it does differ some depending on wattage and
how much daylight there is coming through windows or skylights.
No, you're not going to find tungsten film at the grocery store . . . it's
all pro stuff in the camera store refrigerator. Kodak now has a tungsten
Portra and if you shoot chromes there are two speeds of tungsten
Ektachrome. Under household incandescents, tungsten film can still have a
very slight yellow/red cast, but it won't be nearly as much as with
daylight film. Just remember you will end up with the opposite color
balance issue if you use tungsten film under daylight or with your flash!
-- John
At 16:06 1/13/01, Rich wrote:
I'll ask the guys at the camera store about their recommendations for films
to use. Tungsten balanced film doesn't sound like something that one would
find at the local Safeway/drug store.... And I don't like the idea of putting
a filter on over a Zuiko and losing two f-stops. I don't have the 50mm f/1.2
(yet...), so I want all the speed the film provides....
Got my homework cut out for me, it seems.... (of course, I could just use
flash and skip the homework).
Rich
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