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Old July 6th, 2005, 03:24 AM   #1
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combination of sun and tungsten- urgent

Hi all,

im currently in Spadola, italy to work on my film project. Here s my concern in using gl2.

I plan to shoot outside in a sunny day in b&w and attempt to enter into the house with the tungsten lights. As soon as i enter through the door, the color will appears. Whats the solution? just press the white balance button?

i plan to use final cut pro hd to change the exterior part to b&w, but is it possible to do the transition from b&w to color? i have never done it before.

I also have the filter lens such as Flourite, UV, and polarizer. I understand that they each has its own way of increasing/decreasing glare and resolution but whats the example for each of them. I couldnt tell through the veiwfinder.

please reply as soon as possible for my time is running out.

thanks
adrean

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Old July 6th, 2005, 06:35 AM   #2
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Adrean,

Yes White Balance will be your quickest button to get the correct colours imho, however depending how much sunlight there is in the house (through windows) you might be able to stick to Outside WB. In a Church scenario with loads of sunlight streaming through the windows I have used Outside WB In & Out.
It is up to you but try full "Manual" exposure and have your thumb on the exposure switch and ride up as you go inside, you will not be able to do it really smooth so have a few cutaways ready for use in editing if you are able to do so.
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Old July 6th, 2005, 10:05 AM   #3
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I don't understand the problem. Why not have the cam set up for the inside conditions while you shoot outside? You're going to remove the color from the outside sequence anyway.
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Old July 6th, 2005, 10:11 AM   #4
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Oh, I just reread your post. It seems you want to know if you can change from B&W to color while shooting. Yes.

Set the Digital Effects button (located near the lens) to B&W. Then you can just the Digital Effects on/off button to switch between B&W and color. Whatever white balance setting you have is preserved while shooting in B&W.

If your question was whether you can soften the transition in post rather than have it be abrupt, yes. You can certainly do it in Vegas software, so I can't imagine not being able to do it in FCP
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Old July 6th, 2005, 10:28 AM   #5
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The filters won't help you here.

The Fluoro filter is to get more natural colors under fluorescent lights.

The UV filter just removes some haziness you get from really bright outdoor scenes, usually with a lot of sky in the shot. It doesn't do anything under other conditions. It is often recommended to leave it on at all times to protect the lens. I do this.

The polarizeing filter probably has creative uses I haven't explored, but it's mainly to remove reflected glare, such as when you are shooting boats on the ocean on a sunny day. You would rotate the lens until you got the effect you wanted.

None of these filters affect resolution, but there are filters available to soften the image, called diffusion filters. A very popular example is the the Tiffen SoftFX 3. Here's a nice illustration:

http://www.2filter.com/tiffen/TiffenSFXfilters.html
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