Hello!

I've recently become interested in film photography. I think it has some
similarities to sundials. For example, it is said that black and white film
photography is about taking pictures not of actual subjects, but of light
and shadows. I find it fascinating how light actually darkens the salts on
the photographic material, like a gnomon does to the surface of a sundial.
Not to mention the meridian lines in churches that also act like giant
camera obscuras, projecting the solar disc image onto the pavement.

Now I've read that daylight color temperature fluctuates by the hour of the
day: light in the early morning and late evening has under 5000 K, while
around noon it reaches 6000 K and beyond . But can you actually use this
intrinsic light quality for time telling i.e. design a color temperature
sundial?

Dan Uza
Romania
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