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Brian McKay · February 2nd, 2006, 08:37 AM

Good Morning:

As we all know shooting in situations where the area is lit with Mercury Vapor lighting can be a challenge to say the least. I'm wondering is anyone has a preset that could save me some time and effort?

Here's the deal, I will be shooting some footage of a hockey game (not my sport) in our local arena. The ceiling height is roughly 20 feet and the lights are suspended a few feet below that.

I will use a UV filter which will correct a lot of the problem but I would like to do as much of the correction in the camera as I can rather than in post. A pre designed preset would be great.

Any and all ideas are welcome.

Brian

Al Girard · February 9th, 2006, 12:43 PM

I've shot a lot of hockey for TV sports. We always found that it was
best to take a white balance off the ice surface, and we'd use a dichroic filter
on the sunguns for interviews and standups.

Brian McKay · February 13th, 2006, 03:07 PM

Thanks Al:

The shoot and project are now complete. By all accounts the end users are very pleased with the end result. As you mentioned I used the ice surface(slightly blue) for the white balance than added a few tweeks here and there in the custom settings and bingo excelent quality with no further tweeks required in post.

Brian

February 2nd, 2006, 08:37 AM	#1
Brian McKay Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut Canada Posts: 289	Mercury Vapor Lighting Good Morning: As we all know shooting in situations where the area is lit with Mercury Vapor lighting can be a challenge to say the least. I'm wondering is anyone has a preset that could save me some time and effort? Here's the deal, I will be shooting some footage of a hockey game (not my sport) in our local arena. The ceiling height is roughly 20 feet and the lights are suspended a few feet below that. I will use a UV filter which will correct a lot of the problem but I would like to do as much of the correction in the camera as I can rather than in post. A pre designed preset would be great. Any and all ideas are welcome. Brian

February 9th, 2006, 12:43 PM	#2
Al Girard New Boot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 9	I've shot a lot of hockey for TV sports. We always found that it was best to take a white balance off the ice surface, and we'd use a dichroic filter on the sunguns for interviews and standups.

February 13th, 2006, 03:07 PM	#3
Brian McKay Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut Canada Posts: 289	Thanks Al: The shoot and project are now complete. By all accounts the end users are very pleased with the end result. As you mentioned I used the ice surface(slightly blue) for the white balance than added a few tweeks here and there in the custom settings and bingo excelent quality with no further tweeks required in post. Brian