posted on January 22, 2002 10:23:01 PM new
I've been seeing TV ads for the new GE light bulb (forget the name at the moment) that's supposed to filter out or somehow take care of the yellow tones on a baby's skin (for example). Has anyone deliberately used one of these bulbs for photos? Has it made any difference, pro or con? (Not that I'm selling any babies these days.)
posted on January 22, 2002 10:43:47 PM new
Thanks for letting me know about this. It is called the GE Reveal and was one of the Inventions of the Year 2001 according to Time.
posted on January 23, 2002 08:21:05 AM new
i have been using it for over a month now,it does remove the yellow tint,but overrall pictures look darker.
get them at home depot for best price and range of voltage
posted on January 23, 2002 05:31:06 PM new
Normal tungsten lamps have a color temperature of 3200 degrees ("warm" or reddish-yellow). Mid day indirect sunlight is about 6500 degrees ("cooler" or more blue). The flash on the camera is balanced for daylight. Just use the flash indoors, even if there is sufficient ambient light to take the picture.
posted on January 23, 2002 06:15:42 PM new
desquirrel,
are you talking about the mickey mouse flash which comes with the digital camera or a professional flash mounted on the camera/
i have a sony mavica and if i use the built in flash which comes with the camera,it is overexposed.
any advice??
posted on January 23, 2002 06:37:40 PM new
Virtually all flashes are daylight balanced. You sound as if you are shooting very close to the subject. If the Mavica has adjustable shutter speeds, go higher.
You can also cut down on the flash light by different methods.
Try putting a few layers of tissue paper over the flash to defuse it and decrease its output. Experiment
If you can tripod mount it, set up the camera so you can put a reflector in front of the flash and bounce it off the ceiling.
If the Mavica has threads on the lens you could put a neutral density filter on it, but this may not work if the light meter is fed through the lens.
OR, you could manually white balance. If you can manually set the white balance by switching off auto-white balance do so. After you switch to manual white-balance, you place a pure white card in front of the lens under the lighting conditions you will use and hit the white balance button.
It all depends on what you are shooting and the features your camera has.
You know you could also load the photo into Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop and change the color balance after the fact.
