Tungsten

[Taylor]

Hey, its really cool to shoot in tungsten when there is no tungsten light.. it gives the picture a blueish glow that can be different.. Jus thought you might like to try it..

Can look fantastic or terrible

[Will]

Whats tungsten?

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Will

Whats tungsten?

Incandescent lighting, ie light bulbs.

All continuous spectrum light sources produce light as a function of temperature, usually expressed in degrees Kelvin (ºK). "Normal" daylight has a color temperature of 5500ºK and "daylight film" is designed for that color temperature. The 2 flavors of tungsten film are 3400º (type A) and 3200º (type B). Photofloods are nominally designed for 3400ºK, but the actual color temperature varies with bulb life (which is short). Quartz lamps used in photo and video fixtures are designed to burn at 3200ºK. If you want to use hot lights, I'd suggest using quartz fixtures as the lamp life is considerably longer and the lamps produce a much more consistent color temperature over their life span. Most tungsten films are type B, balanced for 3200ºK light sources. Household light bulbs have a color temperature of about 2700ºK. The lower the color temperature, the warmer (redder) the light. Light sources with higher color temperatures are cooler, i.e. bluer.

I have a page up about color temperature, meters, and filters at: DecaMired Filters - Basic Tools for Color Correction where I go into details about the how any why of filtering. Your digital camera (and video cameras) have different color temperature settings for various light sources. This filtering is done electronically.

Flourescent lights do not have a constant color temperature, but there are ways to get good color under those lamps, and all filters makers have filters for at least the most common flourescent lamps.

[Taylor]

actually, you can set tungsten lighting on your camera..

Thats what I was talking about, not actually using your own flourescent light

[Bob]

Originally Posted by vistasucks

actually, you can set tungsten lighting on your camera..

Thats what I was talking about, not actually using your own flourescent light

What you are setting is the white balance; you're not changing the light coming into the lens. Read the page at the link I posted earlier (or re-read it), what you did by setting your white balance to tungsten is to tell the software in the camera that you were using a warmer light source than you actually used. The software applies the electronic equivalent to an 80A filter and attempts to correct the color cast, it's just not smart enough to know you set it deliberately to another value. :-)

[Taylor]

Lol we are misunderdstanding each other... thats what Im telling you to do because it gives photos a cool blue look..

Try it in regular lighting, and youll see

[Bob]

Originally Posted by vistasucks

Lol we are misunderdstanding each other... thats what Im telling you to do because it gives photos a cool blue look..

Try it in regular lighting, and youll see

Is "regular lighting" light with a lot of fiber in it's diet?

[Taylor]

What? idk what you are talking about..

Listen.Go outside in normal lighting conditions. Take a picture with your setting on tungsten. See said results.

Simple enough?!?! lol jk

[jointhetrain]

Originally Posted by vistasucks

actually, you can set tungsten lighting on your camera..

Thats what I was talking about, not actually using your own flourescent light

Or you can use a tungsten based film if thats what ur trying for

[Taylor]

If your using a film camera, than yes....