white balance

beatspinazz

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hi folks.

i am having some conflicting ideas about this crucial technique in cinematography and would love to hear your thoughts.

i know its good to white balance and i have been doing it thru'

but it occured that what if i put a white piece of paper undeer lets say a sodium vapor street lamp. obviously it appears yellow to the naked eye. if i were to white balance, it then means the camera may push its RGB towards the blue part of the spectrum.
well the paper appeared white but then i realized that i had recorded what wasnt true!!!

would love to hear authorities of this issue help me put to rest my self doubts.
 
I have a topic about this exact thing right above this one. Hopefully we'll get good answers because I'm having a hard time with this as well.
 
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