Difference in light "quality" between flash and continuous for tabletop indoor still life?

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Peter Berressem
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Re: Home lighting and white balance
In reply to tedandtricia, 4 months ago

tedandtricia wrote:

Reading the above posts, it would seem that using halogen lamps in the home would produce a more even distribution of lighting color for photography purposes. Not exactly the most environmentally friendly option, but an option. Are there any other practical solutions for getting ambient light "right" at home? (not talking about flash guns now, just ambient light)

The common CFLs you likely use show gaps in their spectrum you can't resolve by white balance (or other editing) matters. There are simply some colours lacking (see: discontinuous spectrum ).

You can though replace them with the more costly full spectrum CFLs with a CRI rating of > 90.

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cheers, Peter
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