Auto white balance
Feb 18, 2018 09:47:57 #
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
Feb 18, 2018 09:52:01 #
warrior wrote:
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
I always leave the camera on auto white balance. It does a decent job but I almost always have to adjust it a bit in post. I said it does a decent job that the JPEG's straight out of the camera look OK. I generally tweak the RAW file a bit to my liking.
Feb 18, 2018 09:55:42 #
Feb 18, 2018 10:08:34 #
repleo wrote:
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Feb 18, 2018 10:20:52 #
warrior wrote:
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
The answer is YES, i.e.; “better” is situationally dependent.
There are many reasons to use each of the WB settings on your camera. Many tools are available to help you achieve accurate WB, too. There are many different strategies for raw workflow AND JPEG workflow.
Start with a reading of the camera manual. Then head over to B&H’s or Adorama’s web site and search “white balance”.
Feb 18, 2018 10:26:10 #
warrior wrote:
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
I use auto as well as the other offered settings. But I always correct in processing. When the camera has a direct link to my brain and can tell what I am thinking then I will only use auto!
Feb 18, 2018 10:35:44 #
warrior wrote:
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
Pretty much I shoot with auto WB...I also shoot 100% raw, so I can tweak in post till I am completely happy. Most times I end up with as shot wb in Lightroom, easy enough to tweak with a dropper selection or temp slider.
Feb 18, 2018 10:42:35 #
sclay1234
Loc: Ocean county nj
As a electrician and know the kelvin color of light. What I do is when you know you are inside and the light is fluorescent then you put it on fluorescent, if it has a mix of fluorescent natural light and maybe anything else then auto , but if you know what the light source is then most of the time are close to the best wb. As for the high intensity discharge lights like a gym would have then play with the manual wb to get it perfect most of the time about 4600k . There is a kelvin chart you can go bye for color temp. LED lights you can use daylight for color. Hope this helps
Scott
Scott
Feb 18, 2018 10:45:39 #
sclay1234 wrote:
As a electrician and know the kelvin color of lig... (show quote)
I guess is that if you are an electrician you would know not to trust the color temperature ratings on light bulbs.
Feb 18, 2018 10:56:51 #
sclay1234
Loc: Ocean county nj
You are right. That is what works for me if I'm outside I use daylight. What ever light source it is I set the camera to it. If it is a mix source then auto. Most of the time I try to get the color right at the moment I am shooting to the subject so I don't have to use any software to adjust it. That all takes time . Maybe it is I'm shooting with a nikon d200 . Soon to be using a d500.
Scott
Scott
Feb 18, 2018 11:08:23 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
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Got it! Thanks.
Feb 18, 2018 11:31:22 #
Feb 18, 2018 11:36:04 #
kpmac wrote:
Am I wrong or is setting white balance when shooting RAW even necessary?
Correct, WB is easily adjusted in post processing on a raw image. What ever you use as your camera setting will become the AS SHOT, but completely changeable via the temp/tint sliders as well as the defaults for each setting (daylight, flash, cloudy, etc.)
I found that with my D7100 and my 80D, auto WB gets it close pretty much every time, and I can tweak easily in Lightroom afterwards.
Feb 18, 2018 11:42:49 #
warrior wrote:
You have a $$$$ camera. You have WB on. Is it better to adjust or let the camera adjust?
For 97% of what I shoot these days, AWB is more than adequate. Outdoors in overcast, and indoors under some fluorescent, halogen, sodium vapor and other light sources, camera presets for white balance are not adequate - mainly because these light sources are not consistent. Cloud cover can change, sometimes over a period of several minutes, and cycling will change the color of non-continuous lighting. In addition to achieving a correct white balance (which is usually a mix of blue against yellow), there is the issue of tint - (magenta-green balance), and this is where the camera can easily get it wrong.
When accurate color is required, then I go to an Xrite ColorChecker Passport. It won't necessarily serve up pleasing color, but it will be dead-on neutral and accurate. Nothing else I've used comes even close in accuracy, including the Spectracolor and Minolta color meters back in the day.
Feb 18, 2018 12:26:54 #
sclay1234
Loc: Ocean county nj
Guys we are all right on everyones point of VIEW. Know this is real technical, But we are all forgetting that not everyones eyes are seeing the same, and not everyone can see what the next person or that everyone is running the same software, because they are all a little different, put that all together what do you get a picture that could have been altered right when you so the image. Instead of worrying about what the light room can do . To me that is not photography that is computer enhancement. So if you want to be a photographer then learn photography and your camera, if you want to be a computer programer then do that. We all tend to need to make adjustments to some nice photos but to adjust 300 photos out of 500 and delete 100 . What did they ever do before digital . I'm 55 yrs old I love technology but sometimes you need to get back to the basics.
Scott
Scott
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