Sodium streetlight gel

[KindredHyperion]

Perhaps this should be merged with one of the many other gel topics at the moment, but here goes:

 

Does anyone know of a good gel to replicate a modern sodium streetlight?

 

Just to save me a bit of trial and error.

[Rikio]

Does anyone know of a good gel to replicate a modern sodium streetlight?

 

Using the Mired Shift calculator in the back of my Lee Filters Book,

 

Lee 285, 3/4 CTO would seem to do the job.

 

Rikio

[andy_s]

we used to have the top bit of a sodium streetlight in our LX store for just this eventuality. Of course it couldn't be dimmed, but it was very realistic.

 

(slightly silly answer in view of the fact that you already have a very good serious answer)

[themadhippy]

low pressure or high pressure sodium?

179 for the low pressure ,never realy though about high pressure sodium as ther fairly white,maybe a light sraw or gold to just tint it a bit

[Bryson]

Sodium streetlights have a non-continous spectrum - ie, they only emit light at certain wavelengths, not a wide spread like a tungsten source. Therefore, while you might be able to approximate the colour, to truly simulate the effect that a sodium streetlamp has (the way it makes the world "monochrome" in a orange/black kind of way) you need to use a real sodium source.

[gazmo]

I did this once for a short film I gaffered on.

the effect was needed for the outside of what was supposed to be a club at night.

On someones advice we used 179(chrome orange), or 152 (pale salmon).cant remember which one we actually used.

Although technically it is correct that street lights are monochromatic,etc ,etc, what you want is something which gives an impression of street lighting,(just as moonlight is not actually blue).

These gells did that pretty well.