Aaron Reynolds wrote: > >On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> What's the need for cards and things when the white balance can be set >> in raw converters? Maybe they're useful when shooting JPEG or TIFF? > >I've been in places that do not conform to any of the "normal" white >balance options -- it's useful to set a custom WB to keep from having >to do that work in post. Or, like me, if you shoot jpeg.
White balance cards can be useful even when you're shooting in RAW: You take a test shot with the white balance card in the scene, under the lighting you need to balance for. Then you take your "money shots" without the white balance card present (but obviously under the same lighting conditions). When you come to do your RAW conversions, you open up the shot that has the WB card in the scene and use that to get your conversion settings. You use those settings to convert all the "real" shots (the ones that don't have the WB card in them). If you've done everything correctly (and the lighting conditions haven't changed between your first shot and your last), all your shots will be properly balanced. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
