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Old 19-10-2007, 06:28 AM
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Help needed for Photographic filters

Hi Guys,

I am trying to work out the best filter to use for Photography under light polluted skies. The biggest problem I have are the sodium lights which give off an orange glow. This seems to be the main problem I have. I am trying to reduce the effects of the pollution and need a filter to do it. Can someone recommend a good 2" filter that would work well in this situation?
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Old 19-10-2007, 07:34 AM
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There are some filters listed here for light pollution, how effective they are for Sodium vapour, I'm not sure and they're not cheap.
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Old 19-10-2007, 07:55 PM
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You need to know the emission spectrum of the street lights. Low pressure sodium lighting is dominated (but is not exclusively) by sodium lines, something like 590nm I think. Then you need a filter that blocks that part of the spectrum. However, you'd want to check that the 590nm part of the spectrum isn't important for your photographic objects.
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