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LI G HTING
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Brightness
Blue sky
1 DD,DDD (Lux)
Clear day at noon ( 1 DD,DDD lux)
Clear day at 1 Dam (65,DDD)
1D,DDD
Clear day a t 3pm (35,DDD)
Cloudy day at noon (32,DDD)
Cloudy day at 1 Dam (25,DDD)
1 ,DDD
Cloudy day, one hour after sunrise (2,DDD)
Clear day, one hour before sunset ( 1 , DDD)
Fluorescent light near window ( 1 ,000)
Factory floor ( l 00-800)
Sales counter in department store (5D0-7DO)
Bowling alley (5DO)
Library ( 400-500)
Office with fluorescent lighting (400-5DO)
Fluorescent desk lamp (4DO)
Flashlight at 1 m (25D)
1DO
Shop stairway ( 1 00)
1 D
During intermission at movie theatre (1 5-35)
Cigarette lighter at 30 cm ( 1 5-20)
Candles on birthday cake at 20 cm ( 1 0-15)
Candlelight
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Temperature
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r
(degrees
I
ion
kelvin)
1D,ODO (K)
Clear day
9,0DD
8,DOO
Cloudy day
7,DDD
Rainy day
6,500
Daylight fluorescent tube
6,00D
Cam·era flashbulb
5,500
5,000
Blue photolamp
4,5DD
White fluorescent light
3,5DD
Off-white fluorescent light
Tungsten photolamp ·
3,200
Halogen lamp
Tungsten lamp
2,800
Iodine lamp
2,500
Acetylene lamp
Kerosene lamp
2,0DD
Candlelight
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Blue
White
Yellow
Red
LIGHTING
For clear, good-qual ity record i n g ,
lux is needed. Recording is also possible with less
light, but the p icture q ual ity may suffer. Adequate
lighting is also essential for correct white balance.
Reference
Lighting is not only one of the most important
areas in home videos, but also one of the most
overlooked. Good lighting can often mean the
d ifference between a great picture and a poor
picture. Lighting is also essential for correct wh ite
balance.
I n most outdoor, daytime scenes, natural lighting
is adequate for home videos. I ndoors, the situation
becomes more complicated. Artificial lighting is
req u i red, and halogen lamps provide the most
natural artificial light while maintaining a constant
colour temperature over a long operating life.
Good l ighting is d ifficult to achieve. There are many
problems waiting to catch the unwary. Simply
mounting one light or several lights on either side of
the camcorder will only make your subject look flat
and two-_dimensional. To make a subject more inter
estin g , use the lighting to model your subject and to
add or create emphasis in a scene.
• These are approximations.
• Auto White Balance shou
colour temperature range shown on the left. However,
it will satisfactorily operate from
although the picture may take on a red or blue tint.
500
to
100,000
.
ld normally be used in the
2,500K
8,000K,
up to
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