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Jan 24, 2018 21:49:31   #
Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois
 
I took some pictures yesterday with my D5100 in both Aperture priority and shutter priority and was dismayed to find out they had a blue tint. I found out the reason was that I had forgot to change the white balance from the last time I used manual mode photography. It was set for incandescent and I was shooting outside. ISO was also preset for 6400. The trick to remember is that the camera will return to the last presets from the last time one uses any of the manual modes. Because it is not as easy to change white balance and ISO on the D3xxx and D5xxx (have to use menu or info screen to access these controls rather than buttons), it is easy to forget.

I was able to change the white balance in post production (I use Acdsee, but Lightroom can do this as well).

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Jan 24, 2018 21:54:43   #
toxdoc42
 
I have the habit of always setting the white balance at the start of every shoot. Yes, that does require using the menu on my D3400, but that way I remember to do it. Why the manufacturer don't have a temp white balance setting that reverts to auto when the camera revycles amazes me.

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Jan 24, 2018 22:15:09   #
blackest Loc: Ireland
 
toxdoc42 wrote:
I have the habit of always setting the white balance at the start of every shoot. Yes, that does require using the menu on my D3400, but that way I remember to do it. Why the manufacturer don't have a temp white balance setting that reverts to auto when the camera revycles amazes me.


I like the way it is turn it off and its exactly the same when you turn it back on.
User settings are worth setting up if you have a preferred set of settings.
my camera has 4 user modes that I can set up.

I pretty much always shoot raw and have white balance set for daylight. If I remember to shoot a color checker test / argyll card I can set a custom profile in lightroom.

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Jan 24, 2018 23:02:00   #
Joe Blow
 
Ya, been there and done that. More than once. That though is the beauty of RAW. It is easy to correct in post.

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Jan 24, 2018 23:27:02   #
Vienna74 Loc: Bountiful, Utah now Panama
 
Shoot RAW

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Jan 24, 2018 23:29:30   #
Steve Perry Loc: Sylvania, Ohio
 
Shoot RAW, set to AWB, fix in post if needed.

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Jan 25, 2018 00:10:38   #
SS319
 
yes, it is easy to forget... And it is easy to forget to adjust your seat, then the steering wheel, the mirrors, then fasten your seat belt, then start your car and check all the gauges so you know if you have to stop and get gas. And, of course you check to see how long until you need an oil change. And did you walk around your car to check of unknown objects and tire condition.

yes, it is easy to forget. - you don't fly airplanes or operate Nuclear Reactors do you?

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Jan 25, 2018 02:03:52   #
dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma
 
We're you shooting florescence lighting setting

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Jan 25, 2018 06:47:13   #
Grand Loc: Lebanon, Pa
 
auto white balance...

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Jan 25, 2018 07:10:02   #
wteffey Loc: Ocala, FL USA
 
I always return my cameras to "P" before I turn them off. Too many opportunities have been missed to leave the cameras on anything else.

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Jan 25, 2018 07:39:18   #
Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois
 
Did that, thanks Steve

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Jan 25, 2018 07:41:26   #
Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois
 
SS319: do you always think people are incompetent fools?

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Jan 25, 2018 08:23:38   #
blackest Loc: Ireland
 
Trustforce wrote:
SS319: do you always think people are incompetent fools?


We all make mistakes, some more critical than others. When it is life threatening the check list comes in handy but that also assumes something wasn't missed. Like an o ring that failed under low temperature...

For white balance shooting raw + jpeg means you can get it wrong and still recover from raw.

Everybody is fully capable of being an incompetent fool at times, thats why accidents happen.

Ever missed your turn off , forgotten an anniversary, been shopping and failed to buy everything you needed?

Maybe someone else crashed a car , created a delay that made you late for work? You didn't have an accident, you just got caught in a 5 mile tailback...

If something matters , use plan b. Because as Murphy's law says anything that can go wrong usually does :)

incompetent fool is putting it a bit strongly , usually it really means I wasn't prepared for that to go wrong.
In practice everyone makes mistakes.

If you think ahead a mishap need not be a disaster but still you can be blind sided by something.

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Jan 25, 2018 08:31:46   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
I have mine set to UniWB 95% of the time. So, I definitely need to adjust WB in processing. It's never a problem when the initial capture is in RAW format.
--Bob
Trustforce wrote:
I took some pictures yesterday with my D5100 in both Aperture priority and shutter priority and was dismayed to find out they had a blue tint. I found out the reason was that I had forgot to change the white balance from the last time I used manual mode photography. It was set for incandescent and I was shooting outside. ISO was also preset for 6400. The trick to remember is that the camera will return to the last presets from the last time one uses any of the manual modes. Because it is not as easy to change white balance and ISO on the D3xxx and D5xxx (have to use menu or info screen to access these controls rather than buttons), it is easy to forget.

I was able to change the white balance in post production (I use Acdsee, but Lightroom can do this as well).
I took some pictures yesterday with my D5100 in bo... (show quote)

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Jan 25, 2018 11:19:30   #
Trustforce Loc: Chicago, Illinois
 
i started this post in the hope that it might help someone else that had a similar occurrence, but hadn't figured out the causation. It really didn't take me more than a moment to comprehend the problem and the solution. The reason I made myself susceptible to trolls is something I noted in some photography classes: many people don't read their manuals and don't know how to work the full capacities of their cameras. For example, I had to show 2 people in the winter photography class how to access the monochrome setting from their menus. There have been other examples where I have been able to help people with their digital Nikons. How many hobby photographers never take their digital SLRs out of "auto" for shooting? If you come from a film background and not from a "point and shoot" camera, you have a better understanding of control and perspective. My spouse tends to use only "auto" when using the D5100, because she just wants to take the shot, and not think about the setup. Somehow, I suspect she is not alone in her thinking! For the most part, the algorithms in the camera do a pretty good job on "auto", but there are plenty of times a manual setting gets a better picture.

I believe that most of the people who buy entry level DSLRs are not the most sophisticated or learned photographers. That does not mean that they are incapable of acquiring new skills, and the entry level cameras are a good teaching tool. I bought my D5100 7 years ago, as an entry DSLR, and have gotten excellent results with it, but it is time to move on FX and 4k video. I'll keep the D5100 as a second body.

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