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Thanks for replys
I dont mind buying a white card but how do I use it?
White Balance Correction, and Raw
I will look into turning off auto White balance and flash is not being used.
shooting in JPG in M mode
Sorry, I assumed flash. Whatever light you use, room incandescent, window daylight, whatever, White Balance still has to match it. Auto WB can be closer for incandescent, but less so for flash. But all types of light varies considerably, one to another, one size really does not fit all. Which is where the White card comes in. You click it in the image, telling comptuer "This spot is white. Make it be white". And it does, and removes the color cast over the entire image.
White Balance Correction, and Raw
Sorry, I assumed flash. Whatever light you use, room incandescent, window daylight, whatever, White Balance still has to match it. Auto WB can be closer for incandescent, but less so for flash. But all types of light varies considerably, one to another, one size really does not fit all. Which is where the White card comes in. You click it in the image, telling comptuer "This spot is white. Make it be white". And it does, and removes the color cast over the entire image.
Thanks for help, did a google search and now know how to set for W/B. Card set ordered so will try again when they arrive. W/B makes sense so will start from scratch again when part arrives.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Very important to shoot in RAW and then it is much easier to correct color, light and just about everything else.
I don't understand about black background and light from rear...
But it is always better to NOT have mixed light sources. Some incandescent light mixed with some flash or daylight for example, is NOT a good plan for color balance. Two solutions then:
1. The flash can be made stronger to make the ambient simply insignificant (black picture without the flash).
2. Setup for the incandescent light, using incandescent WB, and put a CTO filter on the flash, to convert its color to be same as the incandescent.
Otherwise, the white card can still help, but really, try to limit it to one or the other type of significant light.
But it is always better to NOT have mixed light sources. Some incandescent light mixed with some flash or daylight for example, is NOT a good plan for color balance. Two solutions then:
1. The flash can be made stronger to make the ambient simply insignificant (black picture without the flash).
2. Setup for the incandescent light, using incandescent WB, and put a CTO filter on the flash, to convert its color to be same as the incandescent.
Otherwise, the white card can still help, but really, try to limit it to one or the other type of significant light.
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I don't understand about black background and light from rear...
What I meant was light reflected from behind the picture, a black background would help eliminate this??.
What I meant was light reflected from behind the picture, a black background would help eliminate this??.
I may not understand your situation (about the background, what type, how far back, etc), but IMO, I think it would have to be extreme to matter. But no bets if Auto WB and a wide view that includes much other stuff, of intense colors, etc. But just taking a picture of something on a wall should not matter.
There are studio cases using extreme power, with colored filters to change color of background, or even to burn out a white background, when it certainly can matter. But just a main light, probably not significant.
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