[LRflex] Re: Was: Concentration; Now: Colour of light. (HELP!)

William,
     Film and sensors both react to how the light actually is, but 
we don't.  Human vision senses color differences and 
automatically compensates for an overall cast.  You can see this 
happening if you look through a severe filter for a time and 
remove it, you will briefly see an opposite color cast that 
isn't actually there.  
   Also, if you look at a distant window from outside at dusk 
and the house is lit by incandescent light, the light from inside 
will look yellow orange about the same color as if it were shot 
with daylight film.  If you go inside the same room your vision 
will acclimate and white will look more like white.
   The reason white balance is a useful function in a digital 
camera is that it's doing something that our brains already do.
    Having said all that, I used to use type A Kodachrome with 
the filter on in daylight, and without one in incandescent light,  
but I wouldn't do anything additional for flourescent light.
It looked strange, but somehow appropriate.  The same 
thing with daylight film looked ghastly.  Now you can fix 
almost  anything, but as you say it isn't always the best thing 
to do, but it isn't because the machine sees like we do either.
Cheers,
Charlie.


---- William Abbott <m.tahoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> David, Eteinne, & Aram,
> 
> This may be ³politically incorrect,²  but if the ³ low pressure
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