I think the solution for a lot of things (especially sunset) is to just
stay on the daylight setting. After all, that's what our film did for
us 98% of the time. Balancing everything throws away the magic of the
changing light.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I had not thought about it, but I think you are correct. I think that
> all manufacturers give the usual red-orange appearance of daylight
> film in tungsten light when on automatic. Probably it is on purpose.
> Some do allow a pretty good correction if you choose the incandescent
> setting though. My Nikons have always been close with incandescent WB
> if you made the setting and Phil's test of the new D80 demonstrates
> that. I did not check for other cameras.
>
> It seems like it would be nicer if automatic WB worked for all
> settings and use a special setting for the orange look though. Now
> that I think about it some more that might automatically clean up the
> color in sunset shots which would not be so nice. So their solution
> is probably the best.
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2006, at 6:02 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>
>>So many cameras do poorly on incandescent white balance whether
>>auto or
>>the incandescent setting that I don't believe it's an "error". I
>>think
>>it's delibate and mimicking what people have come to expect in having
>>their daylight film night shots exposed indoors partly by flash and
>>partly by incandescent lights. Phil can complain all he wants
>>about the
>>incandescent white balance issue but I don't think most of the
>>manufacturers have any intention of listening. The camera's settings
>>are for the masses. Those who really care will use raw or otherwise
>>closely control the light.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
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