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Old 02-19-2008, 11:55 PM   #5 (permalink)
AndrewH
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Good idea... Interestingly the 4100 and 10000 white look pretty much identical on my monitor. 6000 lucks yuck green, reminds me of the GE Starcoat one.
Well one other problem with comparing tubes is the fact that different manufactures label colors differently. What one calls 5000 K another might call 6500 K ect.

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Did you lock the white balance on your camera? If not, the camera will adjust somewhat and the results become difficult to interpret.
I know there are like 10,000 settings on my camera, so if there is an "auto correction" it's probably applied.

If anyone can give me some insight on how to adjust my camera to get the best "true" colors it would be greatly appreciated.

Reference: Canon PowerShot Pro1

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I would like to see a shot of all lit bulbs, side by side.

I know this is hard to do with only one fixture.
How's this?


_____3500 K__________4100 K___________6000 K__________10000 K__________Actinic_____
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