Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. I just got back around 300 mixed light and fluorescent shots from a big corporate meeting. Kodak 400vc is excellent for this use. As for balancing, it should not be a problem. Most machine processors are able to compensate reasonably well. I would recommend that you overexpose by 1/2 stop for the fluorescent lighting however, to help the lousy shadows that this lighting produces. > >Help! As an almost exclusively B&W available light shooter I need some >technical advice - and it might be best to just Email me off-list to avoid >starting an endless thread/pissing contest.. :-) > >What is the "best" high-speed (400 to 800) color neg in terms of producing >the most realistic skin tones in a) florescent lighting; b) florescent and >incandescent mixed; c) florescent and daylight mixed. > >And, assuming that the colors will be off somewhat, how difficult is it to >have the skin tones corrected in printing by a custom lab? > >Thanks in advance for help with such a newbie kind of question, but my use >of color film has for the past 40 years pretty much been confined to either >straight daylight, or just taking "happy snaps" where I didn't care about >color balance, etc. > >B. D. > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com