Perhaps someone here, well, I KNOW someone here, can help me with this.
How would you say is the best way to achieve correct white balance IN
CAMERA with a digital camera in mixed lighting situations?
I normally use my White Bal grey card, then use that as my correction
point in post processing, then set the other photos taken under the
same lighting to the resulting corrected white balance. I have not
tried the Expo Disc for the simple reason that doing an in camera
custom white balance is a royal PITA, or at least to me it is. WHY
cannot Canon make this a fast and simple one or two button set up
procedure? Still, either of these two methods can still give poor
OVERALL white balance in mixed lighting conditions... specifically
under fluorescent lighting with on camera flash.
Here is what *I* am thinking would be the only totally assured way to
get completely correct WB under such conditions. Use a color meter...
(NOT cheap)..., then set the Kelvin temp in the camera to that reading.
That would have the ambient lighting correct. Then, the correct color
compensating gel filter would have to be placed over the flash to
arrive at a matching color temperature from the flash. This would have
to be tested by using the color meter to be sure the flash temp now
matched the ambient temp.
Does any of this make sense to anyone... am I on the right track at
all? Does anyone here use such a technique to get white balance CORRECT
in camera, especially under mixed lighting conditions?
I had to shoot an entire wedding under horrible fluorescent lights and
despite my efforts with the grey card and post production adjustments,
I can never get the green cast completely out of the photos, especially
in people's hair directly under the lights. I did tell the couple when
I arrived at the wedding venue and saw the lighting that it is a nearly
impossible condition to correct for. However, I know it probably *can*
be done with the above technique... but I do not want to make the large
investment in the color meter and gel filters without at least
discussing it with some knowledgeable people first.
Any ideas on this? Am I doing about the best I can using the grey card?
Is the Expo Disc *really* worth the effort? Or do I need to go ahead
and try to do it with a color meter and flash filters?
Thanks for any input.
Steve
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