David Tarango

The only reason I am using the Reala 500, is because I don't have a lot of lights to work with, I only have daylight coming through the windows.

Cool, thanks for the advice Michael! I was reading the brochure, and it says: " Outstanding performance in mixed lighting, REALA 500D performs exceptionally under mixed lighting. When Shooting interiors by window under flourescent lighting or using mercury vapor lights, the resulting images are virtually free of any greenish cast. This versatility minimizes the need for special filters and extra shooting preparations." This is one of the reasons I decided to use this film stock, since it would work well with my homemade ghetto-flo's. I guess I will have to put Fuji to the test. As far as the output from the lights, they do not put whole lot out, but when placed close to the subject being filmed, they will add about 1 stop of light. I do have a silk diffusion fabric which I can use to soften the flourescent a little, I will have to check the light loss on that, it is home made as well, from a fabric store. I am excited and think this will work, most of the shots are closeup to medium shots of two college students sitting on a couch, playing video games. Thank for the tips, I will be sure to use them!

Hi all, I am a student here at UCSB, in Santa Barbara. I am shooting a short film on 16mm for a student film festival we have here every year. I went to home depot and bought some flourescent lamp fixtures, they hold T8 bulbs, 4 ft, 40 watts, electronic ballasts. I bought daylight color balanced flourescent bulbs to put in them about 5200K I believe. The scene I am shooting is in my apt living room, we are on 2nd floor, one wall is basically a glass window, good indirect light. It should be cloudy tomorrow, so diffused light, it has been raining today, but not in forecast for tomorrow. I have Fuji Reala 500 D. Oh, I only have 3 of these homemade kino's. They are 2 bank. Ok, down to the question, Do you think it will work? Im not going to use any Tungsten lighting, just daylight from utside and my little lights, with 500 speed daylight film. BTW, I have never shot with this film stock. Thanks in advance, I have many more questions! ~ David