Re: Greenish tint.

Hi Dan,
If you're using HMIs add either Rosco Plusgreen or 1/2 Plusgreen to your lights. With tungstens also add either full or 1/2 blue correction to the green. I tend to use the 1/2s since my lights are small and I need all the output I can get and it works just fine.

Several years ago a long time DP who developed lighting correction charts for the ASC manual took the time to test several types of fluorescents and sent me specific corrections for each. It was an amazing gift for which I've always been grateful. His name is David Quaid. Here's what he sent. These give very accurate balances but I usually stick to what I wrote above when time is tight:

The increase/decrease refers to the incident light metering

3200K Tungsten

Cool Whites: plusgreen50,(they don't make this any more though I do still have a roll. It's basically 1/2 blue & plusgreen combined in one gel) *increase 3/4 stop

SP35:1/2blue, 1/2plusgreen, 1/4plusgreen
*decrease 1/3 stop

SPX35: same as SP35

OSRAM FO: same as SP35

SP30: plusgreen, 1/3blue,1/4plusgreen

GE Light White F96T12 LW: 85, plusgreen50, 1/2 plus,
* increase 1/2 stop

GE Metal Halide MVR250/HOR U: plusgreen50, 1/2plusgreen,
1/8plusgreen, 1/8blue

HMI:

Cool Whites: Plusgreen, 1/4 Plusgreen
*Decrease 1/4 stop

SP35: Plusgreen, 1/4CTO, 1/8CTO
*increase 1/4 stop

The alternative, considering you can't remove the fluorescents and replace with Kino tubes is to gel the fluorescents with Minusgreen gel from Rosco. (I happen to use Rosco but you could certainly use whatever brand you prefer).

I hope this helps.




Mark D'Agostino
www.synergeticproductions.com