My daughter gave me a book for Christmas that has a number of weekly photography tasks, the task I was playing with recently was white balance. I took the same photograph four times but changed the Auto WB to Daylight, Tungsten and Fluorescent in successive shots. The results were as expected very different, however, when looking at the properties of each photo on the computer, the description of White Balance in the information is simply stated as Manual. Is this the best I can expect?
Ive left out the Daylight WB photo as theres not a lot of difference between it and the Auto one.
Auto WB
Tungsten WB
Fluorescent WB
Pretty drastic difference between settings.
What is the title of the book you are using and the author?
ioptfm wrote:
What is the title of the book you are using and the author?
Title of the book is:
Creative Digital Photography - 52 Weekend Projects.
Author: Chris Gatcum
ISBN 978-1-905814-61-9
That is pretty standard for almost all EXIF data readers, either auto or manual is what is recorded. Some pay to play readers will give not only the setting, but also the exact Kelvin temperature recorded.
MT Shooter wrote:
That is pretty standard for almost all EXIF data readers, either auto or manual is what is recorded. Some pay to play readers will give not only the setting, but also the exact Kelvin temperature recorded.
Ok, thanks. I guess I'll have to try to remember which one I used for which shot. I did them in order before so no biggie.
BboH
Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
[/quote]Some pay to play readers will give not only the setting, but also the exact Kelvin temperature recorded.[/quote]
MT, Can you name some? Went looking the other day, search was NOT exhaustive and didn't find any.
I do not know any off the top of my head but I have seen screen shots of them that are showing that info. Adobe Camera Raw does show the degree Kelvin of every image shot when you open a RAW image for processing.
Remember the in-camera white balance only affects the JPEG previews and JPEG output files. As mentioned by MT, the white balance of RAW files is set in your post-processing.
Yet another reason to always shoot RAW.
Many cameras will also let you select the degree Kelvin directly in your WB area. I know most Nikons do.
Myself, I usually shoot AUTO WB as I have found it is quite accurate with my D800's as well as the D7000's I used to shoot, and is still fully adjustable in RAW anyway should it be slightly off.
BboH
Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
MT Shooter wrote:
Many cameras will also let you select the degree Kelvin directly in your WB area. I know most Nikons do.
Myself, I usually shoot AUTO WB as I have found it is quite accurate with my D800's as well as the D7000's I used to shoot, and is still fully adjustable in RAW anyway should it be slightly off.
I have been striving to accurately set the Kelvin; I've been satisfied for the most part but at times...
I use the Auto when conditions are changing or when the ambient light is subtly "on the line"
BboH wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
Many cameras will also let you select the degree Kelvin directly in your WB area. I know most Nikons do.
Myself, I usually shoot AUTO WB as I have found it is quite accurate with my D800's as well as the D7000's I used to shoot, and is still fully adjustable in RAW anyway should it be slightly off.
I have been striving to accurately set the Kelvin; I've been satisfied for the most part but at times...
I use the Auto when conditions are changing or when the ambient light is subtly "on the line"
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The one feature I would LOVE to see in a camera body, is a light meter that reads in the degree Kelvin that it is seeing. Seems like it would not be that tough to do, but I have yet to see one.
BboH
Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
MT Shooter wrote:
BboH wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
Many cameras will also let you select the degree Kelvin directly in your WB area. I know most Nikons do.
Myself, I usually shoot AUTO WB as I have found it is quite accurate with my D800's as well as the D7000's I used to shoot, and is still fully adjustable in RAW anyway should it be slightly off.
I have been striving to accurately set the Kelvin; I've been satisfied for the most part but at times...
I use the Auto when conditions are changing or when the ambient light is subtly "on the line"
quote=MT Shooter Many cameras will also let you s... (
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The one feature I would LOVE to see in a camera body, is a light meter that reads in the degree Kelvin that it is seeing. Seems like it would not be that tough to do, but I have yet to see one.
quote=BboH quote=MT Shooter Many cameras will al... (
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That hadn't occurred to me but now that you mention it I totally agree.
And to show the Kelvin of the pre-set WB rather than just the setting used.
BboH wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
BboH wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
Many cameras will also let you select the degree Kelvin directly in your WB area. I know most Nikons do.
Myself, I usually shoot AUTO WB as I have found it is quite accurate with my D800's as well as the D7000's I used to shoot, and is still fully adjustable in RAW anyway should it be slightly off.
I have been striving to accurately set the Kelvin; I've been satisfied for the most part but at times...
I use the Auto when conditions are changing or when the ambient light is subtly "on the line"
quote=MT Shooter Many cameras will also let you s... (
show quote)
The one feature I would LOVE to see in a camera body, is a light meter that reads in the degree Kelvin that it is seeing. Seems like it would not be that tough to do, but I have yet to see one.
quote=BboH quote=MT Shooter Many cameras will al... (
show quote)
That hadn't occurred to me but now that you mention it I totally agree.
And to show the Kelvin of the pre-set WB rather than just the setting used.
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The Kelvin of the preset should be in your cameras manual, in many cases.
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