Wieliczka salt mine/Poland
Jun 30, 2018 16:34:09 #
I am fortunate to be going on a three week trip to Poland. My camera and lenses are set. A Nikon D5600 (size and weight), Nikons 10-20 and 18-200. My primary question has to do with settings when shooting in the Wieliczka salt mine. Auto white balance or set to the light source, etc., etc. and any other suggestions that would be helpful. Will carry twelve 16 GB memory cards and change out every two days. I have not moved out of the dark ages yet and still shoot jpeg. Thanks in advance.
Jun 30, 2018 17:03:10 #
tboro wrote:
I am fortunate to be going on a three week trip to Poland. My camera and lenses are set. A Nikon D5600 (size and weight), Nikons 10-20 and 18-200. My primary question has to do with settings when shooting in the Wieliczka salt mine. Auto white balance or set to the light source, etc., etc. and any other suggestions that would be helpful. Will carry twelve 16 GB memory cards and change out every two days. I have not moved out of the dark ages yet and still shoot jpeg. Thanks in advance.
AWB will work, but you'll do better if you set WB for the source of light, which may change from area to area (that's why I carry an old Sixticolor meter with me). If you're worried about reflection from the salt, rest easy. The raw salt is not white, but a granite grey,ans should give you no problems.
Jul 1, 2018 08:48:31 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
tboro wrote:
I am fortunate to be going on a three week trip to Poland. My camera and lenses are set. A Nikon D5600 (size and weight), Nikons 10-20 and 18-200. My primary question has to do with settings when shooting in the Wieliczka salt mine. Auto white balance or set to the light source, etc., etc. and any other suggestions that would be helpful. Will carry twelve 16 GB memory cards and change out every two days. I have not moved out of the dark ages yet and still shoot jpeg. Thanks in advance.
I was there a couple of months ago. I used a Fuji X-T2 with an 18-135 f/3.5-5.6 lens. I had to set my ISO to 6400 and I used automatic white balance. Frankly, it was not worth the money to visit the mine. Perhaps the special tour which takes you to the non-tourist areas but involves some arduous physical stuff might be worth it, but the regular tour is a big nothing. I'll attach a couple of pictures.
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