On 9/3/03 4:09 pm, "Roderick" wrote: > I have found a product called Expo Disc that seems to address this problem. > I am planning to order one soon, so I have had no personal experience with > it as of yet.
This appears to be a very strange thread. What is simply wrong with getting a grey card and setting the Custom White balance? That's what its there for. And almost always guarantee's a perfect balance. My usual check is to take a before frame, the set that as custom WB, then take an after shot. Bring them both into PS and check the Eye Dropper values. Your card should be pretty spot on neutral in the second shot, doubt if it is in the first one. This should eliminate any casts. If one can't be bothered with this, then if shooting in a studio, with consistent light, then I'd leave the camera set on Sunny Daylight. I wouldn't ever use the flash setting. And I've had bad experiences with Auto WB. It works fine on one or two shots, but if shooting a run of shots with the same light, I've found it to produce inconsistent colours from one frame to the other (D30 this was). I have no idea why, but setting it to daylight, cured it perfectly. If you play with the Adobe RAW plugin. You can see what Kelvin values the Canon uses, plus the Tint (Magenta/Green) that each of the WB settings uses. Interesting. BTW - If your friends are shooting RAW, then I do hope the are using the Adobe RAW method. If not, why not, buy it now, its excellent. Regards Paul -- Paul Tansley Fashion & Beauty Photography London +44 (0) 7973 669584 http://www.paultansley.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
