Photography depends more on "color temperature" or "black body radiation temperature" or "absolute temperature" (in kelvins relative to absolute zero) than on the temperature of freezing water.
The kelvin scale is best for photography! No doubts! ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:18:03 -0400 >From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:48441] Re: kelvin >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > On Sep 1 , at 2:49 AM, Stan Doore wrote (asking > about temperatures in photography): > > I guess they are degrees C like any other > temperature. Right? > > Yes, but all such temperatures could be stated as 20 > k above freezing. We don't really need degrees > Celsius. > It might be helpful to agree that, whenever absolute > temperature is intended (when we mean how many > kelvins above absolute zero), then one would need to > specify "absolute temperature". Then, the phrase > "above freezing" might be omitted whenever absolute > temperature is NOT intended (which is usually the > case). >...
