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jed1154
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Location: College Station, TX
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Tue May 01, 2007 2:48 pm |
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How do i set this so that its 'right' when i shoot the picture? After i have taken it, how do i know if its right? I can't see jack from the screen on the back. |
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areinders
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Tue May 01, 2007 7:34 pm |
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On the Canon, you hold a white sheet of paper (or something else white) up to the light source, or have the light source shine on it - and then take a photo of the 'white' object.
Then you select custom white balance, and choose the photo of the white.
People use 'expo discs', coffee filters, white paper, etc. to get their 'white'.
Should be a similar procedure on the Nikon - check the manual. |
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alenxVR6
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Tue May 01, 2007 8:07 pm |
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set it to auto, shoot in RAW and change the white balancing in RAW converter... |
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jed1154
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Wed May 02, 2007 1:30 pm |
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you mean with photoshop or in camera raw conversion? |
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alenxVR6
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Wed May 02, 2007 2:31 pm |
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in Photoshop, or any other RAW converter... |
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areinders
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Wed May 02, 2007 5:10 pm |
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| alenxVR6 wrote: |
| set it to auto, shoot in RAW and change the white balancing in RAW converter... |
The problem I have with that (for me) - is that none of my equipment is really calibrated. While I am not colour blind, I don't think I always have the best sense of the 'best' or 'true' colour in post production.
I think there are benefits to setting the white balance properly when you are shooting, and not guessing later. The other way to do it your way, is to shoot a grey card in the first frame, then shoot all the shots on auto. When you open up the RAW files, you can use the grey card as a template and then apply identical corrections to every photo under the same lighting conditions. |
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