What is tungsten and fluorescent?

Answer 1

these are source of lights with bulbs. Tungsten is the common light bulb used in lamps and has a color temperature of about 3200 degrees Kelvin. Color pictures taken with that form of light using daylight film (and Tungsten film is available) will have a red hue.

Fluorescent is the long tube lighting where the light is generated by an arc going through conductive gas and particles. There is no wire going from one side to the other as with Tungsten. Fluorescent is available in various color temperatures, each producing a different hue to the photograph.

To correct for each of the different colors of flourescent, you need special filters for each color temperature, or if your camera has auto adjustment in it you can use that. To correct for Tungsten, you need another filter that will correct for that.

Flashes are Xenon which is in the daylight range, thus you need no filters. There are varying color tempertures in the daylight range going from about 5000 degrees Kelvin to 6000 degrees Kelvin depending on the amount of direct sunlight, haze, clouds, etc, however your film will compensate for that if you are using daylight film.

Most film is daylight balanced.

I would think that black and white film would not react to the differences in the light. Standard black and white does not, however the C41 process black and white might have some tonal abberations - that I don't know since I normally use standard old black and white.

Answer 2

When you refer to this is is about the white balance..... this is how the camera reads white color. When you set the White Balance to tungsten or florescent the camera will read that light and it should make the white look white. People are starting to use floresent light more now but I would say that tungsten is more popular of the two.
You have to set you White balance to the right setting so you get the most natural look. If you don't than you may get a blue tint over the picture or other distortions.

Answer 3

Lighting

Answer 4

its lighting
in your digital, sometimes it will give you these options but it basically means it is going to cope with that type of lighting