different strokes, my shots are going to print as a A4 brochure. But I'm going to try both yours and Paul's methods and see which works best. Batch processing is not going to work for me, I have to look at each one and adjust accordingly. Are you guys using the Pentax software or PS?
Feroze Don Sanderson wrote: > The reason I shoot jpegs for eekBay is that all I have to do is > run a small script in Photoshop which: > Resizes, sharpens, adjusts levels and 'saves for web'. > Then I can FTP the pics to my site. > I may shoot many dozens of photos in a day, this saves me a huge > amount of time over having to convert from RAW. > For Feroze RAW may be better for a few, best quality, shots. > > Don > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> Paul Stenquist >> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:26 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Light Tent / Box >> >> >> Shoot RAW with auto white balance and set the color temperature >> during conversion. That's the way I work in the studio and just >> about everywhere else. >> Paul >> On May 3, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Feroze wrote: >> >> >>> 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 >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
