coffee filter
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Reef Bass
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Shoot in RAW mode and leave the coffee filter to making coffee. Yes, you can play with custom white balances, but you are wasting your time compared with shooting in RAW and setting the appropriate color temperature in software. Seriously! Even my 11 year old can and does move the color temperature slider in PS CS4 until the colors look right!
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TitusvileSurfer
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I heard that! :thumbsup:
TitusvileSurfer
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Hes saying why are you even wasting your time with a coffee filter. You have a digital camera. This is the age of technology. You have a DSLR. Make the most of it. Nobody uses coffee filters anymore brosif.
Reef Bass
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TS, thanks for paraphrasing.
reedrodz, I apologize if my tone came across as upset or condescending. I meant no offense and wasn't trying to diss you or make any negative statements about you or your skills. I have nothing but love and respect for my cyber brothers.
My point was that shooting in RAW and using a color temperature slider to set the appropriate white balance for the shot is very easy. I was working with my 11 year old yesterday doing post processing on some shots and she totally got it.
Before converting over to shooting RAW, I spent a number of hours over a number of days trying to do custom white balances and was not able to get colors to look as good as they do shooting in RAW and adjusting the color temp during post processing. I was just trying to save you the time and frustration I experienced.
Rhizo, think of a coffee filter as a commonly available white object which could be placed over / in front of the lens for setting a custom white balance.
reedrodz, I apologize if my tone came across as upset or condescending. I meant no offense and wasn't trying to diss you or make any negative statements about you or your skills. I have nothing but love and respect for my cyber brothers.
My point was that shooting in RAW and using a color temperature slider to set the appropriate white balance for the shot is very easy. I was working with my 11 year old yesterday doing post processing on some shots and she totally got it.
Before converting over to shooting RAW, I spent a number of hours over a number of days trying to do custom white balances and was not able to get colors to look as good as they do shooting in RAW and adjusting the color temp during post processing. I was just trying to save you the time and frustration I experienced.
Rhizo, think of a coffee filter as a commonly available white object which could be placed over / in front of the lens for setting a custom white balance.
panic
Premium Member
I noticed that the slider is maybe only available if the file is shot in RAW also. Is that true?
Reef Bass - where do you leave the setting for light source? I am a few days new with my 5d, and have been using a an 18% digi gray card for the custom light source setting. thanks!
Reef Bass - where do you leave the setting for light source? I am a few days new with my 5d, and have been using a an 18% digi gray card for the custom light source setting. thanks!
Reef Bass
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Sweet camera panic.
An 18% gray card will work too, but imho the color temperature slider is easier.
I haven't fully explored CS4 by any stretch of the imagination. It is possible that a color temperature slider exists elsewhere under another menu. I make use of it when importing / opening RAW files.
I may not understand your question about the setting for light source correctly. If you are asking what value(s) do I use for the color temperature adjustment, I have noticed that it isn't always the same. My lights are 20,000K and I've used values in software between 13,000K to 18,000K to yield images that resemble the subject in the tank.
An 18% gray card will work too, but imho the color temperature slider is easier.
I haven't fully explored CS4 by any stretch of the imagination. It is possible that a color temperature slider exists elsewhere under another menu. I make use of it when importing / opening RAW files.
I may not understand your question about the setting for light source correctly. If you are asking what value(s) do I use for the color temperature adjustment, I have noticed that it isn't always the same. My lights are 20,000K and I've used values in software between 13,000K to 18,000K to yield images that resemble the subject in the tank.
panic
Premium Member
Thanks! I like it so far.
What I meant was that I was wondering which to use in the Light Source area of the camera body's settings, such as: Auto, daylight, shade, tungsten, custom (using a gray card), flourescent, flash, color temp (gives me options of 2800-12000). Right now I have just used the Custom setting with the gray card to set the white balance within the same room of my subject.
What I meant was that I was wondering which to use in the Light Source area of the camera body's settings, such as: Auto, daylight, shade, tungsten, custom (using a gray card), flourescent, flash, color temp (gives me options of 2800-12000). Right now I have just used the Custom setting with the gray card to set the white balance within the same room of my subject.
Reef Bass
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Ah! I get it now. My 50D has a White Balance menu for those settings and mine is set at auto. Your setup sounds correct for use of the grey card. When you're ready, set your camera to store in RAW and set the white balance to auto. I'm not sure that once in RAW mode the white balance settings are relevant, except for impacting how the image preview on the back of the camera would look.
