White Balance?

[catspaw]

I at least classify this as 'technique', but is there a WB 101 doc or thread around here? I've got everything else in the camera OFF of automatic (ISO, etc), except for the white balance.

[pathfinder]

You can shoot in RAW and white balance later in your Raw converter of choice. Or you can set a custom white balance at the time of exposure with a number of different tools - Exposdisc, BalanceBetter reflector, WHiBal card, or a SpectraSnap filter are a few of the tools to be found.

I wrote about using them here (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=90438)

When shooting jpgs with a custom white balance, proper exposure is critical. If you exposure is off by more than 1/2 stop, your white balance may vary also.

[Tee Why]

If you are interested in total manual control and are shooting under a consistent lighting situation, you can set a custom white balance off of a card made for setting white balance and fine tune it more if you shoot RAW during post processing.

[Photobycate]

Leah,

Here is a link to Beechers Handouts. This site if an online photographers handbook that should answer your questins:

http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/ebooks/Beechers_Handouts/19a_white_balance_introduction.htm

Regards,
Cate

I at least classify this as 'technique', but is there a WB 101 doc or thread around here? I've got everything else in the camera OFF of automatic (ISO, etc), except for the white balance.

[catspaw]

note to self: get used to shooting in RAW ....