2 Jun
2010
2 Jun
'10
11:56 a.m.
On 01/06/2010 19:21, Tony Duell wrote:
Exactly. The spectrum of most CFLs (and other fluorescent lamps) is all
over the place, which makes it mildly useless for colour photography.
I've not tried a photographic colour
temperature meter with CFLs. Does it
give any meaningful reuslts at all?
I haven't either, but I'd not trust the result because unless it's a CFL
made specially to have a "daylight" spectrum, the result won't tell you
much. Just like normal striplights. From what
I've read, it doesn't apply to instrument lamps (so the
frontpanel bulbs
for classic computers are OK), car bulbs, torch
(flashlight) bulbs, projector bulbs (I hope!), and thigns like that.
I wodner if it applies to photofloods?