For panoramas, WB should not be in Auto. If it is, the WB may very well change from shot to shot, and you'll never the the same value/WB in all the frames of a sequence. Regards Jens
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 22. februar 2006 08:00 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D? Hi Shel - responses interspersed John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I don't see it that way, but then I'm not constantly fiddling around with > the settings. > > Actually, if left on Auto, white balance never needs to be touched, and > even if it's set to the "wrong" balance, it's a simple movement of a > slider > in ACR (and, I suppose, other RAW converters) to bring the WB where it > needs to be. Generally speaking, you are perfectly right - I do seldom take the WB off auto. I think I might have changed it a couple of times when I was getting a colour cast in mixed lighting, to favour the dominant source. Hong Kong airport interiors was an example, with both tungsten, fluorescent and halide lighting in shot! > > Metering is a personal thing, but, speaking for myself, I rarely change > the > metering mode, and will only use spot or center-weighted anyway. While I > can understand wanting to change the metering mode, it's hard for me, with > my experience and shooting style, to understand why one would want to > change it frequently. How often do you change the metering mode, John, > and > under what circumstances? I will vary between all three modes dependent upon my assessment of the areas I want to place as mid-greys (or the colour wquivalent thereof!), just as I will adjust the bracketing and/or exposure compensation, based on experience or results obtained. > > BTW, if you've not spent some time ~using~ the DS/2, it's understandable > that you'd think using the menu system to make those changes is time > consuming or difficult. Once the camera became familiar to me, making > those changes was easy and quick. I appreciate that that is true for you Shel - I would find it a pain to have to go into the menu for something which may affect my ability to get the shot that I want. I have the three configuration sets set up the way that I like it, and having to do more than switch between sets is not something I feel I would like to do too often. I guess the bottom line is that YMMV! > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: John Coyle > >> What Mark said, in spades! And I would just add that the burying of > control >> features such as white balance and spot metering in the menu system in > the >> DS/DL variants was a big mistake, IMO. I modify these settings > frequently >> enough so that it would be a real PITA to have to work through the menu. > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/266 - Release Date: 02/21/2006
