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>In article <55ujlf$djr@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, barbaray@unixg.ubc.ca (barb
>yamazaki) wrote:
>> i was just wondering what exactly flourescent lighting was...i mean, is
>> it the "same" as light bulbs (tungsten) with regards to tungsten balanced
>> slide film. (do i need the colour correction under flourescent light?)
>Normal flouro tubes give a green cast to photographs on daylight balanced
>film. Three are filters to correct that. Hoya has a couple they call
>FL-DAY and FL-W, which handle slightly different situations. I presume
>there are others.
>If you are setting up a studio or something, there are flouro tubes
>available that are the true white for daylight film.
In addition to the above, a good trick (and it provides better
correction for most flourescents when daylight is not mixed in
with it) is to get a cc30Magenta Kodak gel (comes in 2,3,4" squares),
and cut it down to fit behind a UV filter on your lens.
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