Best way to photograph with HPS lights?

hyperan

Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #1

Obviously we all know what HPS lights do to cameras with the distortion and lines, so I was just wondering how do you guys get around it? remove the plant from the grow area and photograph or is there a way to photograph them while in the grow room without getting those lines?

 

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degz

Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #2

like u said, remove em from grow area the lines are prolly from the magnetic ballast

 

hyperan

Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #3

degz said:

like u said, remove em from grow area the lines are prolly from the magnetic ballast

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wasn't sure if that was the only way or not. I didn't even realize the magnetic ballast could do that...thanks!

 

drolove

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #4

i never have issues taking pics under my hps but theres a thread on here about taking pics under HPS
on another note check your cam settings and see if theres a filter on there. might be able to filter out the yellow.

 

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monkeybones

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #5

i unplug my hps when i take pictures, usually

and then by time i'm done taking pictures, it's cooled off enough to plug back in

no colour filter on any camera i have ever used has ever made an HPS shot look natural

if you're forced to take the picture with the lamp on, force the flash on.

this should at least add a bit of colour rendering to the shot

 

Coho

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #6

Light off and a flash. I love folks with plant color questions with pics under a HPS. as said above..force the flash if you have to.

 

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monkeybones

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #7

oh and those lines are caused by magnetic ballasts

i am pretty sure that an electronic ballast cranks a lot more light out of the same bulb as a magnetic one

and then the only issue is the really terrible colour rendering of hps light

oh, another solution is that most cameras worth a shit have a white balance setting where you point it at your scene and it adjusts the colour temperature accordingly

check for that. it's never perfect but it does a better job than guessing

 

Warlock1369

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #8

Micro is a pain. But I found if you have the camra above the light it helps alot.

 

blaze1camp

Well-Known Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #9

well i just got a canon t2i and just put a tinted filter on the lens works good for me nothing significant enough yet to nothing in flower to post but it works...

 

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Kholacreator

Member

• Jul 13, 2012

• #10

hyperan said:

Obviously we all know what HPS lights do to cameras with the distortion and lines, so I was just wondering how do you guys get around it? remove the plant from the grow area and photograph or is there a way to photograph them while in the grow room without getting those lines?

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whenever i go to take pictures or video under my hps I use a pair of sunglasses and hold one of the lenses over my camera lense that should fix it