It sounds like you are on the right track. Most converters have a
default that applies the in camera settings automatically. My
experience is that the camera gets the white balance right most of the
time, although I sometimes have to move the warmth slider a bit on a
cloudy day. Not accurate, but more pleasing. My recommendation is that
unless you are shooting jpeg to turn off sharpening in the camera and
do it all in Photoshop. Your images will end up being lots more natural
looking, or at least more film like.
Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Aug 6, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
>
> This leaves #2, which I think is what I want. If I use a white card
> to set
> a custom WB in the camera, and then if I DON'T set a white point in the
> converter, it appears that what comes through is a reasonable
> approximation
> of what I saw. The key thing I think is NOT attempting to set a white
> point in the converter but doing that sort of thing at the point of
> capture.
>
> Am I on the right track here?
>
> These WB issues are not so critical most of the time, but I
> occasionally
> photograph my wife's orchids against a black or gray background. That
> may
> provide a black but not necessarily a true white, so I can't use
> anything
> other than a reading off a white card. With #2 above I seem to get
> what I
> want with simple levels adjustments, I think because I have done my
> work in
> the camera. Or did I just get lucky? (I do strive to be lucky ...)
>
> BTW I'm really enjoying this camera. I can make a print from a
> capture in
> raw mode that looks almost as good as a print from a slide scan. I'm
> sure
> this is a statement more about my skills at present than the media.
> So far
> the flexibility of both the exposure and AF settings meets my needs.
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