• Cinematography

  Green tint with fluo lighting

  Posted by Mat Chevitz on March 24, 2014 at 1:35 pm

  Hi everybody,

  I bought this 6 tubes :

  https://www.broadcastbrokers.fr/store/accessoires/video-studio-light-equipment-broadcast-lighting/kit-projecteur-flow-light-110w-eclairage-studio-fluo-bbs-fl110-84.html

  Skin reacts very bad whith it, it gives me an awful green tint.

  Can I find some good tubes and put them on my panel ?
  Or should I forget this panel and buy a proper Kinoflo ?

  Thanks

  Rick Wise replied 12 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Paul Thomson

  March 25, 2014 at 9:49 am

  Hi Mat,

  You could save yourself some cash and try using a sheet of minus green gel.

  I’ve used it in interviews when we’ve had fluorescent light spill to good effect.

  Cheers,

  Paul

  Steadicam, lights & camera
  https://www.interactive-fiction.net
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  Rick Wise

  March 25, 2014 at 5:14 pm

  Paul is correct: cover the light with sheets of minus green. I’d start with 1/4. If still getting green, add another layer to make 1/2 minus green (magenta.) Rosco and Lee both make minus green in various densities. Shop around. Adorama is probably a better source since B&H makes you buy 6 sheets at a time, I believe.

  Obviously these units are DAYLIGHT balanced. If you combine them with tungsten lights, you will either need to add 1/2 to 3/4 CTO to the fluorescents as well, or else add 1/2 CTB to the tungsten units.

  Rick Wise
  Cinematographer
  MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
  San Francisco Bay Area
  https://www.RickWiseDP.com

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