If you want the easiest way to get "daylight color", go to WalMart and get the CFL bulbs marked daylight (with a Kelvin temperature of ~ 5500 or 6000, not home right now to get the exact number!). You may have to look around but every WalMart I've tired has them. Picked up a couple in Tucson during the shows a couple of years ago as I had left mine at home! These are available at 60, 75, and 100 watts, I believe. I use 2 or more 100 watters to photograph minerals, fossils, and meteorites without having to ever deal with white balance. These seem to be the best for the money. I tired the "Reveal" bulbs and had NO luck with them even though they say daylight!
Just my 2 coppers worth of experience! John Teague Knoxville, Tennessee -----Original Message----- >From: Richard Kowalski <[email protected]> >Sent: Dec 2, 2010 2:21 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best Type of Light > >A very complex question actually, but for this purpose we can use a simple >solution. If you are using digital, any lights can be used as long as they are >all of the same type and color temperature. You then adjust the white balance >in post processing. > >I am using CFLs and they work great. > >If you set up your lighting first and even if you want to use a colored >background, insert a white, black or gray card where your meteorites will be >posed Take an image of that card and then insert you preferred background. >Shoot all of your rocks. > >When you process, get the proper white balance off of the card you shot first >and then use that WB correction for all of your successive images. As long as >your lighting setup isn't changed, the WB will be correct for all of the >images. > > >-- >Richard Kowalski >Full Moon Photography >IMCA #1081 > > >--- On Thu, 12/2/10, Thunder Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Thunder Stone <[email protected]> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Best Type of Light >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 9:24 AM >> >> List: >> >> What is the best type of light source to use when looking >> at meteorites and taking photos to achieve the most 'true' >> colors within the specimen? >> >> Thanks in Advance, >> >> Greg S. >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
