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12/11/2003 03:52:22 PM · #1 |
How can I correct the light Temperature from a spot light, this photo //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=43970 is using the spot light on a white sheet of paper which as you can see is brownish so how do I correct it, by filter or bulbs (it's a copying stand from jessops)
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12/11/2003 03:57:34 PM · #2 |
Your 10D will surely have a manually settable white balance.
Alternatively, you can buy colour-temperature correction filters - film crews use them all the time to bring various types of lamp into the same colour range.
Ed
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12/11/2003 07:18:29 PM · #3 |
As an alternative to placing a filter over the lens, which can degrade the image. You can buy gel filters to place over the light and correct the color there. The advantage to this approach is that it lets you use multiple light sources of different types without the light from one source being color shifted. In your example, had the source been corrected to approximate daylight, you could have used the flash unit on your camera as a fill light and it would not appear dramatically blue. You don't have to worry about scratches on them either.
Usually they are pretty cheap, maybe $20 for a color correction set.
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12/11/2003 07:22:00 PM · #4 |
| No need for filters or gels. Just get a white piece of paper and hold it under the light and use that as you would normally to set a manual white balance. |
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12/11/2003 09:22:19 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
No need for filters or gels. Just get a white piece of paper and hold it under the light and use that as you would normally to set a manual white balance. |
This is true, and is typically how you would do it if you just have one type of light source, but it it will not balance light from two or more different types of light sources.
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12/11/2003 10:38:36 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
but it it will not balance light from two or more different types of light sources. |
Good thing we are only talking about a single light source then. |
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