Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Question on artificial lighting. Take for example a night game of basketball, baseball, or horse-racing, is there a definitive way to tell whether its tungsten lighting, mercury lighting or otherwise without having a color-temperature meter ? Can I assume that these lightings are close to 3200K ? - --- DRP <Didier.Roubinet@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > If you shoot color negative, You should try Kodak > Portra 100T (T=Tungsten > light). it's really excellent stuff. Available in > both 135 and 120 formats, > but might be difficult to find (go to professional > stores). > > It won't be slower than putting a Kodak Wratten 80A > (-2stops, full correction 3200°K light>>>daylight > neg). > > 80B (3400°K>>>5500°K; -1.2/3stop) will give you > warmer but very acceptable > skintones. > > If you have a mix of daylight (windows...) and > artificial light, 80C > (-1stop, correction from 3800°K light to daylight > neg) is for me the best > compromise, very easy to correct up to your > personnal choice while printing. > > BTW Hoya, Tiffen... have such mounted filters. > > Good luck! > > Didier (Paris) > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html