Originally posted by bamaster:
So these work lights... are they very "sunlight colored" or what? How do they effect the white balance? |
I use one occasionally (now I must build the umbrella). They are definitely a different colour temp to an incandescent light - although I think you can buy different temperature globes for them.
It's not a big problem for me though - I use a CoolPix 995 and I just tell it to measure the whitebalance against a grey card. Even on Auto it normally get's it right anyway though.
Last night I did a macro of a coin... I sat it on some black card, sat a piece of foam board about 20cm above it. Shone the worklight in and up from one side and it lit the coin beautifully. Plus the foam board leaves no funny reflections in the coin. |
