Flash gel kits

[twistedphrame]

Hey guys I'm looking for any advice on gel kits for flash correction.





any suggestions are welcome


~Jordan

[peety3]

The strobist kit is quite good to start, $10 at B&H and several other sites. Pick up a gray card while you're at it, as it'll help you develop a more theoretical way of determining ambient color temperature/shift than guessing/experimenting.


I usually just buy the full sheets from B&H, once I know what colors I use a lot. You'll want CTO in 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full, and a dose of 1/4 and 1/2 plusgreen. I don't use the blue gels much, if ever, but they can be useful on cloudy days.

[nemaphotography]

The CTO's and skin warming gels are great! it gives the pic to have more natural skin tones (since a std flash is roughly daylight 5.6k)


andI agree w/ peety3, the strobist kit is awesome starting point.


-e

[Sean Setters]

If you use Vivitar 285HVs as I do, then I highly recommend photogels.com ("http://www.photogels.com/). The gels fit perfectly into the filter slot of the flash and (under normal circumstances) don't require velcro or any other adheasive to keep the gels in place.

[District_History_Fan]

The Honl gel kits work well. http://www.honlphoto.com/servlet/the-21/strobist-speedlight-strobe-flash/Detail ("http://www.honlphoto.com/servlet/the-21/strobist-speedlight-strobe-flash/Detail)