if I'm supposed to hold the WB while taking the shot I know just where I went wrong, thanks, going to try that now......
Don Sanderson wrote: > I have the ist-D so it may be different for you. > 1) Set lens focus to infinity. > 2.) Point at an area of the fabric well lit by the lights. > 3.) Hold the WB button. > 4.) Take a shot. > > If the LCD responds with 'OK', then I'm done. > > Don > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> Feroze >> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:39 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Light Tent / Box >> >> >> Hi Don, >> >> Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment >> are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on >> very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set >> the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me >> nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just >> use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying >> around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights >> >> Feroze >> >> Don Sanderson wrote: >> >>> Hi Feroze. >>> I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white >>> >> reflectors. >> >>> These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time. >>> I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had >>> to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for >>> >> eekBay stuff. >> >>> Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow >>> >> you to shoot >> >>> with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for >>> me in this application. >>> The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and >>> eliminate, >>> shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different >>> >> colors, shapes and >> >>> sizes, this saves me a LOT of time. >>> >>> The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult >>> 'subject': >>> http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg >>> Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very >>> >> hard to shoot. >> >>> Don >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >>>> Feroze >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Light Tent / Box >>>> >>>> >>>> I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little >>>> portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, >>>> some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are >>>> just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the >>>> >> risk). Would a >> >>>> normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source >>>> for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really >>>> struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid >>>> florescent or other light sources. >>>> >>>> I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the >>>> stuff together.... >>>> >>>> Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Feroze >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
