On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 04:39:32PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote: > > So. I've heard some talk about using filters on the flash to ballanse > > the colour temp better > > Couldn't you achieve the same effect in post processing if you shoot RAW? > Not really, no. You're trying to mix two or more light sources.
Consider a room with green-tinted glass windows. If you try and photograph an object in that room, and use a flash to illuminate parts of the object that are not lit by light through the windows, you really want the colour of the light from your flash to match the colour of the light from the windows. > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim ?sleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Another flash topic: Colortemp and filters > > > > First some chit chat. For the unpatient readers: My question is at > > bottom of the post. > > > > I'm not much of a flash photographer. Generally I don't like flash. > > Bad flash photography is bad photography. But now I'm debating to buy > > a good all purpose flash, and see if I can make some decent use of it. > > I already have another thread going about Better Beamer and use of > > flash bracket. > > One of the weak side of flash photography is the mixed lighting it > > sometimes gives. To ballanse of the amount of light is one thing. The > > colour temp is another. > > So. I've heard some talk about using filters on the flash to ballanse > > the colour temp better. > > > > Ok. That's the background. My question is. > > How and where do I find suitable filters and filter solutions for at > > Pentax 540? Are there any dedicated units out there, or do I put > > filters inside ie. a Lumiquest soft box? > > -- > > MaritimTim > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
