Camera Filters for Color Photography
There are a few camera filters that are specifically meant for color
film photography.
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Light Balancing Camera Filters - This is
a camera filters that is used to correct color changing of the sunlight
in order to match the spectral response of color film. The filters
function by allowing user to change the amounts of blue and yellow
color entering the camera lens. The blue and yellow color contained in
sunlight is different throughout the day, and we could try to reduce
yellow especially during the sunrise and sunset, and try to reduce the
blue color when the sky is heavily overcast.
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Conversion Camera Filters - This type of
filters are usually used under large differences in color temperature,
for example when using daylight balanced film under tungsten light or
the other way round. Conversion filter is also useful during the usage
of light sources such as photo floods, especially when you have
daylight balanced film loaded and decided to use photo floods,
conversion filters will help to ensure the natural looking color.
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Color Compensating Filters - These
filters are used to make small changes to individual color. It is used
to fine tune each color response and to correct the each specific color
in different condition, such as the rendition of color under
fluorescents light. There are six calibrated color compensating filters
which are red, blue, green, yellow, magenta and cyan. Each of this
color compensating filters would also have a number to indicate the
density of the filter. For example a CC 50Y filters would mean a color
compensating filter that is yellow in color and has a density of 50.
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