In Camera Tint Vs Filtration CC

[Michael Notar]

Is there any comparison to CC Magenta or Green to the Color Balance setting in camera? I am curious if I am dialing in -10, what amount of CC units that equates to?

 

[Michael Notar]

bump

 

[Marc Wielage]

I wouldn't try to screw up color balance within the camera as filtration, because then it's baked in forever. Do it in post with a LUT or in color correction. Shoot tests prior to the production so you have an idea of what the range is and how far you can push it.

 

[Michael Notar]

well i hear that if shooting under tungsten light (esp for green screen or other critical color reproduction situations) you should use an 80 series filter and not just change the color balance. I am curious about applying the same reasoning for color correction in general. I recently did a shoot using a 812 warming filter and liked the results. Very different than warming it up in post and very different from the 81 series of filters. I encounter various fluorescent sources on location and was hoping that using magenta CC filters would help take out some of the difficulty in post to correct.

 

[Phil Holland]

While on Mysterium-X I would recommend using a blue filter for tungsten I personally don't find it necessary with Dragon.

 

[Michael Notar]

What about warming (81 series) or Magenta/green correction? I am on a MX camera.

 

[Phil Holland]

What about warming (81 series) or Magenta/green correction? I am on a MX camera.

The only thing I would recommend outside of shoot tungsten with a blue filter to get "the highest qualtiy results" is using IRND/Hot Mirror Combo ND filters if shooting at ND 0.9 and stronger.

All of this on Dragon isn't really a concern really.

 

[Paul Russell]

I did a Dragon stills shoot with mixed tungsten and kinos a couple of days ago. Using the tungsten to light the talent gave a nice warm skin tone while the background lighting was just slightly colder, making the skin tones pop nicely. Filtration wasn't necessary.