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flash question - combining light
This is probably an overly-simplistic question.
If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? |
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flash question - combining light
"TheDaveŠ" wrote
If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? From experience the result is likely to be whatever will make the photo look the worst. There are filters to make daylight into fluorescent light that might work over the flash head. Then one would have a filter at the camera to turn fluorescent light to daylight: everything will have slightly weird colors but they would all be the same weird colors. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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flash question - combining light
"TheDaveŠ" wrote in message ... This is probably an overly-simplistic question. If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? Depends. If the flash says for instance : f8, and you set the camera at your sync speed, say f8@ 1/125, then look at the ambiant meter; if it's much slower, say, f8 @ 1/15 or less, then the flourescent won't show up. If the two shutter speeds are close, then it prolly will. Bob Hickey |
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flash question - combining light
It depends on the situation. If you can light the whole of the area in the
frame with flash (black frame with no flash), then the flash is overpowering and you just balance for standard flash output. If not then use Rosco gels over the flash to balance with the flourescent -- Simon http://www.simonstanmore.com "TheDaveŠ" wrote in message ... This is probably an overly-simplistic question. If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? |
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flash question - combining light
Bob Hickey wrote:
"TheDaveŠ" wrote in message ... This is probably an overly-simplistic question. If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? Depends. If the flash says for instance : f8, and you set the camera at your sync speed, say f8@ 1/125, then look at the ambiant meter; if it's much slower, say, f8 @ 1/15 or less, then the flourescent won't show up. If the two shutter speeds are close, then it prolly will. Bob Hickey Bob, I can't belive that you didn't just give him the very best possible answer. Shoot with Black & white, then the color cast won't matter. :-) Jim |
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flash question - combining light
TheDaveŠ wrote:
This is probably an overly-simplistic question. If shooting indoors, under flourescent light, and you use a flash... would the flash overpower the flourescent light, or would there be some sort of weird combo? It depends on flash power, aperture and shutter speed. The shutter speed is used the regulate the ambient light with (of course) 1 aperture setting for both ambient and flash. Typically on a tripod for the camera, meter the ambient w/o flash. That aperture / speed is a reference. Add flash and increase shutter speed to balance (reduce) the ambient contribution. As to light coloration: subjects/objects closer to the flash will have "daylight" coloration; objects/subjects closer to the fuourescent will take on a green cast. One trick is: using color film, put a pale green gel over the flash(es) and a magenta filter over the lens. This brings the flash (sort of) into the fluorescent color and then it's all corrected back with the magenta filter. (This is all a big PITA). Cheers, Alan. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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