Velvia 100 indoors and colour balance

[philipus]

I find it difficult to get accurate colours when shooting slide film indoors (usually Velvia 100 in my case). I guess the problem arises as a result of the varying light sources one has, for instance in a home, with some bulbs being of the old kind, others being modern LED, low energy bulbs etc.

Any tips on filters one can use to improve this?

Cheers and many TIA
Philip

 

[Wburgess]

A simple white balance/corrective filter will sort out indoor lighting from ONE source.

Unfortunately multiple different types of indoor lighting causes a problem that is impossible to get around, due to a multitude of different light temperatures. Can lead to some interesting photos though!

 

[Photo_Smith]

It is easier to import your own lighting into a building, filtering for different sources is just impractical. Some energy saving light sources have strange peaks that mean similar coloured materials in daylight will look quite different due to metameric failure.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It is easier to import your own lighting into a building, filtering for different sources is just impractical. Some energy saving light sources have strange peaks that mean similar coloured materials in daylight will look quite different due to metameric failure.

Generally true but I am given to understand that it is quite common in movie-making, with existing lights (and indeed whole windows) being "gelled off" to a common Kelvin equivalent.

Cheers,

R.

 

[valdas]

and then there are colored walls, ceilings - it also can contribute to color shift as the light is reflected...

 

[jammcat]

With slide film, you're either slapping a filter on the lens, shooting tungsten film, or gelling every light in the room. Either way, it's not a lot of fun. If you don't want to jump through hoops to take a photograph just embrace the different colours.

 

[sevo]

Generally true but I am given to understand that it is quite common in movie-making, with existing lights (and indeed whole windows) being "gelled off" to a common Kelvin equivalent.

Not for the heck of it. But cinematographers went off mixing tungsten and daylight stock ages ago - fixing the colour consistency in the post will cause more trouble and expenses than shooting one stock and adjusting the illumination. Where gelling off the windows will usually be more practicable and affordable than shooting at night and artificially illuminating a entire landscape to daylight intensity and effect, but tungsten temperature. Lee sell CC filters by the roll, up to 1.5m wide...