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Green tint with fluo lighting
Hi everybody,
I bought this 6 tubes :
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
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2 Replies
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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 -
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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