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White balance motherfuckers, do you use it? Lynx !!KY+lVSl0s2m
How does /p/ do white balance?
I've been taking pics of the back of my D40 manual and setting white balance with the balance tool in camera raw.
I've also used the balance tool in the camera by shooting a pic before I start shooting the set.
Is either way better than the other? Or is there a third way I shold be using? Auto WB seems to come out yellow every time.
>> Anonymous
Shoot RAW.
>> Anonymous
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>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
With my d40 in pretty much any natural light situations, and weird mixed lighting, I find auto works just right. The "direct sunlight" setting on mine is too warm even for a pretty heavy overcast unless I adjust it, nm using "cloudy" or "shade".
I do like the tungsten setting better than auto under incandescent lighting, it isn't quite as orange.
The only times I've had to really adjust white balance is on skin tones under bad indoor lighting. If I do need to adjust white balance, a little work with levels or curves usually works.
>> Anonymous
auto white balance on my D300 is pretty much perfect, except for the really red incandescents in my house.
>> Anonymous
Well, its important to shoot a picture that contains the whitest white as possible, and the white has to take up a large portion of the picture. You can't just snap something random.

Take a picture of a piece of paper or someshit.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
Usually snap a picture of a napkin or tablecloth or something and use that to set my custom WB. If the tungsten lighting is bright enough and regular enough, I'll just use the Tungsten mode, but most of the time I have to do it manually--auto WB on the XTi sucks balls indoors under tungsten for some reason.