Lightpainting and colour temperature of different torches?

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Lightpainting and colour temperature of different torches?

Postby muzz on Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:34 pm

Has anyone found any resources outlining different colour temperatures of different torches. I know there are general categories depending on the specific globe types but for instance different LEDs can be different colours/temperatures. As far as lightpainting goes, it would be good to have a choice - maybe closer to daylight, or moonlight etc. Brent Pearson describes the Surefire G2 as ~5000K and fluoro camping light at ~6000K in his Night Photography eBook.

I know you can correct for this in RAW PP but nevertheless would be good to have a more extensive resource. I wonder if it is something one can measure oneself reliably using white balance in camera RAW.
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Re: Lightpainting and colour temperature of different torches?

Postby aim54x on Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:47 pm

I have no idea, but this is something that will be interesting if you do lightpainting.

Shoot a shot with a lightpainted card (whiBal or like)???
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