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By: trev

trev — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:02:49 +0000

Oops typing and posting a little late for Neil’s reply.

By: trev

trev — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:01:46 +0000

Hi Joey,

The CTS stands for Colour Temperature Straw [of course 'Straw' being yellowish/warm colour] and CTO stands for Colour Temperature Orange.

CTO is a little too warm for me personally, I use CTS and even then CTS 1/2 Straw mainly.

Supplied with the SB-800 are two filters, being the FL-G1 for taking flash pictures under fluorescent light and the TN-A1 for use with incandescent/tungsten light.

The tungsten filter supplied with the SB-800 is different to the CTS and although having the SB-900 myself which also comes supplied with filters, I also don’t use the supplied filters.

1 sheet of CTS, either full or 1/2 straw from B&H is dirt cheap for a 20×24 inch sheet which would probably last the average user a very long time.

Cheers,
Trev

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:29:07 +0000

CTS stands for 'Color Temperature Straw'. The other gel commonly used is CTO - 'Color Temperature Orange'. That's similar to the gel that comes with the Nikon Speedlights. related articles: - flash and tungsten light - flash & accessories Neil vN

By: joey libby

joey libby — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:17:28 +0000

does the CTS gel come with the Nikon 800 speedlight?

By: joey libby

joey libby — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:16:48 +0000

please explain what the CTS gel stands for.

By: Neil vN – tangents » video light for wedding formals

Neil vN – tangents » video light for wedding formals — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:42:55 +0000

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By: Jim Meyer

Jim Meyer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:21:07 +0000

Thank you so much for the info, I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t my light. I was the ISO 2000 range as well. Thank you again.

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:45:22 +0000

Jim .. I’m usually in the 1000+ ISO range when using video light.

With this image, I was using 2000 ISO on the Nikon D3.
1/60th @ f2.8 @ 2000 ISO

I think with video lights you have to get used to the idea of 1600 ISO being a comfortable place to shoot. And a high-ISO capable camera is essential .. especially if you want shutter speeds where you aren’t tethered to a tripod.

Neil vN

By: Jim Meyer

Jim Meyer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:31:39 +0000

Hey Neil, love the images. I tried experimenting with some video type lights at a wedding this weekend. With the Lowell lights, do they have enough juice to keep you from reaching into the higher ISO’s to get the settings you want?

Thank you!!
Jim

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:27:38 +0000

Hi there Liz!

Flash WB makes sense if you use your speedlight as either direct flash, or the main source of light via a softbox or umbrella. Flash has a cold white balance, and therefore your camera needs to be set to a WB which will off-set this.

But since I mostly bounce my flash off non-white surfaces, Flash WB tends to be too warm. And that is why I prefer either Daylight WB or Cloudy WB when using bounce flash.

Neil vN