Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Learning
Photography Q&A
Struggling with white balance
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 753410" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>You'd need to go into the menu of your body and find out what Picture Control is set. Neutral should definitely yield less, but if you are shooting jpeg, the images might look too bland. The other option is to use whatever Picture Control is set - but you can go in and have the option to lower the saturation in-camera through that Picture Control setting. You can also tweak your contrast as well as other settings if you choose. </p><p></p><p>If that doesn't work well enough, then change to a different Picture Control (stay away from Vivid as that's too colorful and contrasty). Tweak any individual settings if necessary. If that doesn't work, then try yet another Picture Control. Off hand I can't remember all of them. I'm pretty sure mine is set to Standard which might be the default. All you can do is to experiment.</p><p></p><p>And if shooting jpegs, any white balance above 5500 is getting into the warm colors. At times even 5500 is too warm. You have to consider the environment you are in. If you are indoors with tungsten lighting (the old fashioned light bulbs that give off a brownish coloring), then you'd have to choose tungsten as your white balance to color correct the image in camera. If you are shooting RAW or using Photoshop or Lightoom, then you can easily change your white balance during post processing. Otherwise, try the suggestion about tweaking the Picture Control in camera. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 753410, member: 13196"] You'd need to go into the menu of your body and find out what Picture Control is set. Neutral should definitely yield less, but if you are shooting jpeg, the images might look too bland. The other option is to use whatever Picture Control is set - but you can go in and have the option to lower the saturation in-camera through that Picture Control setting. You can also tweak your contrast as well as other settings if you choose. If that doesn't work well enough, then change to a different Picture Control (stay away from Vivid as that's too colorful and contrasty). Tweak any individual settings if necessary. If that doesn't work, then try yet another Picture Control. Off hand I can't remember all of them. I'm pretty sure mine is set to Standard which might be the default. All you can do is to experiment. And if shooting jpegs, any white balance above 5500 is getting into the warm colors. At times even 5500 is too warm. You have to consider the environment you are in. If you are indoors with tungsten lighting (the old fashioned light bulbs that give off a brownish coloring), then you'd have to choose tungsten as your white balance to color correct the image in camera. If you are shooting RAW or using Photoshop or Lightoom, then you can easily change your white balance during post processing. Otherwise, try the suggestion about tweaking the Picture Control in camera. :) [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Learning
Photography Q&A
Struggling with white balance
Top