Sticking with Tungsten?

[Scott Pultz]

I know that it is not efficient or easy to mix with daylight, but in the studio how many people are sticking with tungsten sources? LED gets close but still has a slightly artificial and less-smooth look to me. Hard to put my finger on it exactly. It probably has to do with the smooth spectral response of tungsten light.

I have noticed that certain colors look a little over saturated with LED compared to tungsten. My guess is that these colors are where the spikes are in the response. Whereas with tungsten there should be no spikes but rather an imbalance that can be corrected via filtering or post production.

 

[Marc Wielage]

Tungsten has its own problems. As has been discussed on the forum before, Art Adams has some very good observations on the problems with tungsten lighting in cameras optimized for daylight, particularly with Red:

http://www.dvinfo.net/article/ultra-hd/dragon-color-does-tungsten-or-daylight-make-a-difference.html

 

[Jens Rosengren]

I still use tungsten in the studio. On smaller shoots outside where we can't bother to bring a power generator I love LED Panels and my new Scorpion lights. But for those soft lights in the studio, big tungsten sources with soft boxes still do most of the work

Been thinking about buying some portable lights that are soft, but haven't decided on what types of light yet.