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Tips on lighting
Studio lighting
Use halogen lamps with a color temperature of 3,000K to 3,200K for lighting in a studio.
If the color temperature of the light source differs from this value, the colors of the subject will
appear differently to what is seen by eye. The shadows may take on colors or the image may
not appear with the proper colors.
Use lighting of 300 lux or above. If it is less than this value, the screen may appear dark, the
contrast may be insufficient, the depth of focus may be shallow or the picture quality may suffer
deterioration in some other way.
Ensure that the lighting is directed evenly over the entire subject and that no shadows are
formed.
Consult the table below and use the figures given, which are approximations only, as a guideline
for evaluating the brightness.
Back light
Key light directed
from a slightly
raised position at
the left
Slightly weaker base
light directed from
the top right
Use of halogen lamps (3,000 K to 3,200 K)
with a brightness of over 300 lux as the
light sources and with the lighting
directed evenly over the subject
10
O
Brightness of a candle at 20 cm (10 to 15)
O
Brightness of a cigarette lighter at 30 cm (15)
30
50
O
Brightness underneath a street lamp (50 to 100)
100
O
Shopping arcade at night (150 to 200)
O
Direct beam from a flashlight at 1 m (250)
500
O
Indoor area lit with fluorescent lighting (400 to 500)
O
Sales counters of a department store (500 to 700)
1,000
O
Sunlight 1 hour before dusk on a clear day (1,000)
O
Sunlight 1 hour after dawn on a cloudy day (2,000)
O
By a train window in the afternoon (3,500)
10,000
O
Sunlight at 10 AM on a cloudy day (25,000)
O
Sunlight at noon on a cloudy day (32,000)
O
Sunlight at 3 PM on a clear day (35,000)
O
Sunlight at 10 AM on a clear day (65,000)
100,000
O
Sunlight on a clear day (100,000)
O
Outdoors at noon under a cloudless sky
O
On the beach at the height of summer
O
In the mountains covered with snow
(Unit: lux)
Lighting
required
Lighting
d
esired
Actual
shooting
without
lighting
ND
filter
required
Notes:
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Do not expose the lens directly to sunlight or shoot a subject for a
long time which is reflecting either a bright light or the light which
is used for lighting.
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Flickering may result if the camera is used to shoot under
fluorescent lights. Add extra lighting such as video lights
(optional accessories) in cases like this.
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Use the built-in ND filter if there is too much light.
