Color Correction
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80A | 80B | 85 | 85B | 85C |
Sunlight, daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, and other artificial light sources all have color charac- teristics that vary significantly. Filters give you better images by adjusting for these light variations.
Film and video are rated for a particular color temperature such as that of daylight or tungsten light. Filters are used to correct differences in color temperature between the recording medium and the light source.
80 Series
Get the right colors with daylight film when shooting indoors, with tungsten lighting, and without a flash.
80A 
Balances daylight film for use with most standard tung- sten lighting, studio lighting and copy stand lighting.
80B 
Balances daylight film for use with photo flood lamps.
85 Series
Using tungsten film in daylight will produce a bluish cast. The 85 Series will produce natural colors when shooting with tungsten film outdoors. For best results use the filter that most accurately matches your film type.
85
Produces slightly cooler results than the 85B.
85B 
Converts tungsten film to daylight.
85C 
Useful as creative warming effect with daylight film in daylight. Designed to produce cooler results with tung- sten film in daylight than the 85 or 85B.
| Filter | Conversion | Exposure increase | |
| 80A | 3,200 to 5,500 K | 2 stops |
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| 80B | 3,400 to 5,500 K | 2 stops | |
85 | 5,500 to 3,400 K | 2/3 stop | ||
| 85B | 5,500 to 3,200 K | 2/3 stop | |
| 85C | 5,500 to 3,800 K | 1/3 stop | |
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Color Conversion Filters
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85B
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