"Kelvin Ang" wrote:
> 2. If I were to use the regular torchlight bulbs, is
> the color temperature the same as the tungsten bulbs?
> This sounds silly, but I thought I better make sure.
> :)
No. An (80B?) will do correction from 4100K to daylight (5500K),
but ordinary tungsten bulbs are even warmer than 4100K. The Halogens,
however, are themselves very close to 4100K and I've used my conversion
filter with success on them (but then, I don't obsess over color
accuracy).
> 3. I heard it's best to use tunsten light-balanced
> film for such lighting, but these are harder to obtain
> than regular daylight-balanced film. I would like to
> try the cooling filters then, since it would make
> things more convenient. Which filters would you
> recommend?
I never have. It eliminates need for the filter, but only if you
are using 4100K tungsten photofloods. For anything else, you'll still
need to use a filter to get an accurate color rendition. Tungsten films
will also typically do longer exposures with less chance of reciprocity
failure, which can be helpful with the lower intensity of tungsten
lights.
hope that helps,
patbob ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED])
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