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Robert Park
 

best indoor light


what is the best indoor lighting when it is nighttime? I find constantly that im forced to shoot pictures of people at night sometimes...i tried light from ordinary lamps, but the face turned too yellow and orangish. please help and any are greatly appreciated!


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September 23, 2005

 

Andrew Laverghetta
  If you're using a camera where you can set the while balance setting yourself, you should probably select tungsten or incandescent. I see you're using the DSC-V1 and I believe it's called incandescent. I don't use the camera but I see on dpreview. com that it has that, along with a few other white balance settings that would included almost every other lighting situation. If you're lighting is all the incandescent light bulbs and doesn't include florescent tubes then the photos in that lighting situation should come out looking more natural hopefully.


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September 24, 2005

 

Bob Cammarata
  Andrew is correct.
A yellow/orange tinge is the result of incandescent lighting with a "daylight" camera setting.

Digital cameras sensors are similar to slide films and color temperatures must be balanced to yield accurate results.

Film users generally attach an 80-A (blue) filter or use a tungsten-balanced film to overcome this dilemma.


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September 24, 2005

 
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