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 15:57:29 -0800 (PST)

Thanks Robert.
This sure helps.

- --- "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
wrote:
> Henry:
> 
> They will most likely be one of the mercury types. 
> The typical filtration 
> for Kodak films is 40cc Magenta and I think, 10cc of
> Red.  I have used a 
> FLD  filter  and slide film with good success. 
> There may still be a very 
> slight blue cast, but it is not too bad.  Even if
> shooting print film, the 
> FLD (Fluorescent Daylight) will help a lot when it
> comes time to scan or 
> print.  A lot of people don't realize that if you
> don't correct, part of 
> the RGB is missing.  You can't put back what is not
> there, even using 
> Photoshop.
> 
> If you don't filter, the pictures will be very
> green.  Depending on the 
> type of the vapour lamps, the results can be too
> green to correct in 
> printing or scanning.  Below are links to a shot of
> hockey where I used the 
> FLD filter with the 400mm Leica lens and Provia 400F
> pushed to EI 1600.
> 
>
http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Sports.htm
> 
> The top two shots on this same page show some boxing
> I shot on print film 
> without using a correcting filter.  The scans have
> some cast in them that 
> you cannot remove.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
>   At 12:31 PM 2/27/2002 -0800, Henry Ting wrote:
> 
> >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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