nnowak
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Re: Can't decide which to go "80D +Sony A6000 Kit" or "Canon M5"
R2D2 wrote:
nnowak wrote:
Both my wife and I can't stand the cool white 5000K bulbs.
5000K is "Natural Daylight" in lighting parlance. Don't get this mixed up with "Cool White" (6500K).
It is actually the other way around, but the two terms are often used interchangeably. The crossover point is right around 5000K which is why the terms gets used interchangeably. It also depends on the bulb type. A "daylight" LED bulb is typically 5000K, but a "daylight" CFL can often be 6500K. Warm white or soft white are in the 2700K to 3000K range regardless of bulb type.
Bulbs rated at 6000K - 6500K are too cool for me too. Keep in mind that these are lighting industry numbers, not photographic (Kelvin) color temperature standards.
Actually, they are the same.
Thus I recommend what the lighting industry calls 5000K "Natural Daylight" bulbs. I find them to be nice and neutral.
We find them cold and sterile. I am sure a lot depends on personal preference and also the way the space is decorated. Even the bulbs on our Christmas tree are warm white LED.
. And you can't really gel the sun.
I am not sure what you would be shooting where you would have a mix of 6500K sunlight, light bulbs, and flash.
Let me clarify. If you keep your indoor lighting at 2700K (tungsten), and the sun coming in through the windows is 5000K - 6500K (daylight), then you'll always end up with that horrible yellow/blue color mismatch (unless you gel everywhere the sun is coming in!). Up until the advent of "Natural Daylight" bulbs, you just had to live with this.
So change your bulbs to the more natural 5000K, and voila no more color balance issues. Not when shooting in available light, not when using flash, not when using fill flash with light bulbs, not when using fill flash with sunlight, not when using fill flash with light bulbs andsunlight. It's a really slick fix. But you can of course decline .
R2