Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Artificial light shooting
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:31:29 -0800 (PST)

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)
> 
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