I learned *that* the hard way. While shooting a senior (high school)
toward the end of the day, I balanced the light and ended up having to
warm it up considerably to capture the look I really wanted. That's
when I learned to use the Daylight setting for such situations.
ScottGee1
On 9/26/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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