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White balance
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Hallo!
I wonder if anyone could help me with setting up a white balance manualy please. :? It is Canon 30D
Thanks
You could get a meter that will read the light and give you the setting for a manual white balance.
I happened to find one last year and it is great and it saves me correcting many shots later. I just dont
have the time for working on shots in PS so my policy now is to get as much right on the camera as possible,
(even the cropping !), so I find the white balance meter great.The original question could mean one of two things, or both of the following – custom white balance or manually selecting a preset colour temperature (such as “Cloudy”, “Flash”, “Tungsten” etc.) Either way, both methods are described in the EOS 30D manual (Pages 65 & 66 if I recall correctly). So many people use cameras these days without every opening the manual – even I used to do it. But I don’t anymore, because there is an awful lot of useful information available and it really is worth taking the time to read the manual at least twice, with the camera in your hand.
Like Gerry, I like to try and get as much right in the camera before I shoot. It’s the best way to work. One exception to this is White Balance. I have tried the method of doing a custom white balance where you shoot a neutral white or grey reference object and tell the camera to use that as the white balance reference for subsequent images. But this method is far too slow, particularly in constantly changing light situations. Because I shoot everything in RAW mode, the solution for me was quick and simple. I use a WhiBal reference card. For each change in lighting situations, I simply take a quick shot of the WhiBal and then use the custom white balance eydropper in my RAW converter to click on the WhiBal and then apply that setting to all the shots in that particular sequence. It’s quick, easy and accurate.
I’ve thought about getting a colour temperature meter, but to be honest, I don’t do too much shooting in mixed lighting situations, where these come into their own and therefore couldn’t justify the cost of one. I also think using one would be slower than the WhiBal method I currently employ.
Incidentally, Canon have some useful info on White Balance at http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/infobank/white_balance.do
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