Tyler, I'm fascinated to see such a good rendering of red traffic lights. I find that it's impossible for digital cameras (my own and those of some friends with Fuji 100 MP cameras that are rated as the longest dynamic scale available) to retain the red color of modern LED red traffic lights.* This picture is from 15 years ago so there could be two issues. First, did some earlier cameras do better at holding the top of the red spectrum than more recent ones? Second, are those traffic lights incandescent bulbs with red filters in front of them, which digital cameras find easier to capture? I'm interested in the question because I've been getting frustrated doing urban landscape / street shooting—cool shot otherwise, but the first thing my eye goes to is the gross burned out traffic light.
* Bright light shots at "sunny 16" can render the LED red traffic lights, but when conditions are dimmer, even simple overcast a couple of stops more open, the lights burn out.
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Tyler, I'm fascinated to see such a good rendering of red traffic lights. I find that it's impossible for digital cameras (my own and those of some friends with Fuji 100 MP cameras that are rated as the longest dynamic scale available) to retain the red color of modern LED red traffic lights.* This picture is from 15 years ago so there could be two issues. First, did some earlier cameras do better at holding the top of the red spectrum than more recent ones? Second, are those traffic lights incandescent bulbs with red filters in front of them, which digital cameras find easier to capture? I'm interested in the question because I've been getting frustrated doing urban landscape / street shooting—cool shot otherwise, but the first thing my eye goes to is the gross burned out traffic light.
* Bright light shots at "sunny 16" can render the LED red traffic lights, but when conditions are dimmer, even simple overcast a couple of stops more open, the lights burn out.
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