 Norbert Maile |
What type of color negative film without filter What type of color negative film can I use for a dimly lit room with flourecent lighting? I don't want to use a filter due to the low lighting. Itis like a reception hall for a wedding.
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Jon Close |
There is no film with a fluorescent formulation like there is for tungsten lighting. If you are not using a flash, then the most you can do is (1) use print film, (2) rate it 1 stop slower ISO (say at 200 for ISO 400 film) and develop normally - so that enough red is recorded in that layer to allow correction when printing, (3) Fuji Superia with 4th color layer does better under fluorescents than other brands. If you do use a flash, without doing any of the above and without any filtration your flash-lit near subjects will have the proper color balance, but the fluorescent-lit background will have the green cast. To balance these, you need a filter over the flash so that it is similar to the fluorescent light (like Sto-Fen's Green Omni-Bounce combined with the FL-D filter on the lens.
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Norbert Maile |
Thanks Jon. Should I then have the film pulled during developing by one stop? Is this basicaly a foolproof method, or still hit and miss?
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Jon Close |
Develop normally, do not pull-process. Fluorescent light is deficient in magenta/red, so adding +1 exposure compensation (rate ISO 1 stop slower) gives more exposure to the red color layer. Print film is very tolerant of overexposure, so the other color layers won't get "blown out." This gives the film enough "data" in each color layer so that the printer can adjust when making prints. It is still a bit "hit or miss" because your results will still depend on the lab making proper color balance adjustment when printing.
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Norbert Maile |
Thanks very much Jon! I will speak to the lab. Thanks very much for your help.
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