Brian,
Do you tend to shoot RAW or jpg? If you use Viewer and shoot RAW you
can select WB settings during RAW conversion and save yourself some
wear and tear. I usually do one of two things: leave WB on auto and
adjust in Viewer, or do a custom WB (and still adjust in Viewer,
occasionally). Not too sophisticated but works for me.
Joel W.
On 9/8/05, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Sorry to pester OM users with this sort of question ( but I did use both the
> E-
> 1 and the OM4Ti in one photo session today and probably took more shots
> with the OM. Magnolias are fresh out in bloom and some are glorious.).
>
> Setting white balance has me totally puzzled. Can anybody here give a short
> guide? Just a pointer to get me started.
>
> For example, last week I took some shots of my son's flat which is partly
> constructed with sawn limestone of a light cream colour. In direct light it
> looks almost white, and prints made from such shots give this colour. I took
> one close-up shot to show the texture and the saw-cut patterns, and the
> combination of me being close to the wall and a garden wall close behind me
> reduced the cloud-light access. The print of this shot came out a light muddy
> grey. The lab data on the reverse of the prints indicate no in-lab
> manipulation.
>
> Without using a white-card, what should I have done to foresee this and
> compensate for the lessened light?
>
> The numbers in the WB menu mean almost nothing to me and the (RTFM)
> Manual either the printed form of the PDF file say nothing of use that I could
> see.
>
> In contrast, since I just learned that a friend has bought a N*k*n D70 (this
> is
> the friend who asked about digital some 2 - 3 months ago - actually his
> employer bought it - the USDAFS); so I had a quick look on Google findings
> to see what sort of camera it is, and the D70 white balance menu contains
> such entries as "cloudy" "sunny" and so on.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
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