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zacharycash Pillar of the Community United States 668 Posts	Posted 11/26/2007 9:56 pm Well there has been a lot of discussion on whether or not having daylight bulbs really makes a difference, so I decided to do an experiment. On my camera I am using the custom white balance setting. Turn on the lights that you are going to use and fill the sensor with a piece of white paper and set the white balance. Other than being shrunk these are unedited Brown Copper Soft White Bulbs Daylight Red Copper Soft White Daylight Non Lustrous Silver Soft White Daylight Lustrous Silver Soft White Daylight Proofs Soft White Daylight Edited by zacharycash 11/26/2007 10:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 11/26/2007 11:41 pm I really see no major difference, but I seem to like the daylight ones a bit better. Good experiment. Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 11/27/2007 06:31 am I think the only place it really shows a difference is with the non lustrous stuff. Thanks for the comparison. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 11/27/2007 3:25 pm In all honesty, I don't think lighting makes the slightest difference as long as your white balance is close, if you're willing to twiddle the color afterwards. You can see the differing white balance settings in the examples - they're both weighted too heavily towards the prevailing color of the bulb. The soft whites are a little too yellow, and the Daylights are a little too blue. However, both are close enough to make an easy job of correction in any decent postprocessing software. Report this Post to the Staff
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