Viewer fluorescents

[T3D John Bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do fluorescents get rid of the color temp problems of incandescents?
Do they create any new problems?  I think fluorescents are just a 
spread of (fairly broad) fluorescent peaks that fool the eye into 
thinking it's got black body radiation to work with.  So how well do 
these peaks match the peaks of the dyes in the film which are also 
trying to fool your eyes into thinking there's a full spectrum there?  
Seems like plenty of opportunities for things to go awry here.  There
are fluorescents sold for use in light tables so presumably these 
problems have been worked out for some lamp/film combinations.  I don't
know if the color index alone would be a good indicator of the fit 
between lamp and film.

John


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