Check out http://www.willcrockett.com/pages/infocentindex.html
for pretty much the last word on colour correction filtration for
photographers.
Tom
On 13 Jan 2001, at 12:04, sayeth John A. Lind <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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).
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