Daylight balanced fluorescent and film

[Kekhotep]

A man that I respect for his darkroom and photography work told me that daylight balanced fluorescent bulbs will not work well with film (I shoot with a Mamiya RZ67). He's a tad old, so I'm just not sure if he's right on this one.

Please share your knowledge.

Thank you.

[wildbill]

There are lots (kino, movietone, true match) that work just fine. Some cfl's may not show 100% accurate color. You/he need to be more specific.

[Daniel Haskins]

I'm not sure how it would do with slide film, or Kodak film, but I've shot Fuji 160S under daylight fluorescent bulbs, and even mixed with actual daylight, and it came out just fine.

This shot here was made with bulbs from a cheap 10 pack:


It might depend on how cheap your bulbs are, as some of the really cheap ones might flicker different colors, I'm not sure.

[Kekhotep]

To be more specific, he said with film, I need strobes. But, in magazines I'm seeing that people are using dbfs. Any suggested manufacturers?

[Photo Engineer]

At Kodak we used Deluxe Cool White fluorescent bulbs for pseudo daylight.

PE

[Daniel Haskins]

Kino is what I've heard hollywood uses, that some people were using it for stills too. They are pretty expensive though.

Freestyle has a kit that's pretty cheap, and it says its "perfectly balanced for film and digital":
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/92112-...it?cat_id=2601

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Fluorescent bulbs have different color temps. Here's a lighting kit that uses compact fluorescent bulbs.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/92112-...t-Lighting-Kit

Do some testing. But don't mix lighting sources. It just confuses things.

[Kekhotep]

Thank you, How about these? http://www.photogenic.com/department...20fluorescent/

[Mainecoonmaniac]

The link you gave me are for softboxes. The quality is very soft. It's good for product shots. So what kind if work do you like to do? What quality of light do you like? Do you like specular or soft light? What do you shoot? Is there a particular look you're looking for? But most color film is balanced for tungsten or daylight. But I think most fluorecsent light kits are balanced for daylight. The color temperature is about 5000k.

[Kekhotep]

I want to use it for portraiture.