Nikon SB800 Color-Gel Filters

SB-800 comes with two colored Gel filters:

• the FL-G1 for taking flash pictures under fluorescent light and 
• the TN-A1 for use with incandescent/tungsten light

With digital cameras, if you shoot flash pictures under fluorescent light with the camera's white balance set to Flash, the main subject illuminated by the flash will look normal. However, the background will come out green. To compensate, use the FL-G1 (green gel filter) to convert the light coming from the flash to the same color as fluorescent light, then adjust the camera's white balance to Fluorescent. 


Follow a similar procedure when shooting flash pictures under incandescent/tungsten illumination using the TN-A1 filter. In this case, set the white balance to Incandescent.