Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > >> Thanks, Godfrey. Now, how do you phically use the cards to determine >> the desired WB? > >Use the option on the camera to set a custom/manual white balance ... >on the DS: > >- get to the custom white balance mode in the Fn menu >- set up the camera to record the custom white balance >- fill the frame with the white card in the light that you want to >balance for > (or use the custom function to limit the sensitive area to the >spot meter circle) >- release the shutter >- accept the white balance setting by pressing the OK button.
Or, to set white balance after the fact... >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
