Thanks Bob, I'm not doubting that C1 is the way to go. For 99.9% of the time I shoot in RAW format on a D60 with subjects usually being "people portraits" on location with 2 or 3 elinchrom monoblocs for lighting. For the past year or so I've been using a custom white balance on the D60 (based on a White background sot under "typical lighting") as my start point. I use CS RAW to clip the exposure and shadows and use the eyedropper on any neutral area of the shot (usually a grey card on the first image). This has the effect of adjusting the colour temperature & tint and it all works well enough - all just about in line with your comments I think - so no problem there!
It was the article by Bruce Fraser on Creative Pro zine http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/21351.html (on a previous posting) which interested me greatly as it was suggesting a method of "calibration" based on measurement of the three primary colours on a target as well as measurement of tonality values. (Just a bit more scientific/logical than "getting it about right" as I have been doing up to now, by (as you say) "adjust that setting by using the sliders until you get what you want".) To my mind both CS RAW and C1 should be capable of achieving this and what I'm looking to do is define how this can be done accurately and in a time-effective manner. Apart from the above link, I've not heard from anyone else having done this successfully. I wait with baited breath! Best regards, Malcolm =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
