Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carl Socolow wrote >Finally, what's wrong with a little warmth in a scene? My question exactly. I frequently light things with the main light unfiltered daylight then put a full CTO (converts daylight to tungsten) on the background light to get that nice warm inviting feeling in my shots. This is shot on chrome, but the color applies to neg work just as well. If you must get the color neutral and are shooting color neg do as both Carl and Eric said and get a full CTO (wratten 85) and put it on the strobe then let the lab get the color back to neutral. I would recommend getting either Roscoe or CMC gels as these are far more durable than Wrattens and much cheaper also. CMC has a great site detailing all of their filters and what they do at: http://www.cinemills.com/filterindex.html Of course if you don't mind losing all ambient, Teds suggestion about jumping the shutter speed to 250 and using higher apertures is the easiest, simplest, & cheapest solution, as long as you keep within the limits of your flashes power. Hope this helps. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto