P3D color temperatures

[Rod Sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All this talk of color temps brings up a question. Don't our brains
automatically adjust white balance so that we aren't so aware of the
sickening green of fluorescent lighting or the orange cast of tungsten
lamps etc. I notice if I have a daylight balanced photoflood next to a
fluorescent lamp there is a noticeable difference, but spending a day in
fluorescent alone I don't have the urge to puke. Why do camcorders etc.
need automatic white balance. If they record the images in the same
light we see them, wouldn't we be seeing them correctly? Do films record
light more accurately than we are able to perceive? Or are films limited
in their accuracy?
RDS


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