fasttempo123
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First time post here...so hello everyone,
A little background of the camera:
Got my first DSLR, 30D, a couple of weeks ago. The first 30D had some focus problem that is noticeable on LCD when compared with other 30D in the shop. Got the replacement and the focus worked much better. However the second camera died on me after 3 days of use. It turned out it is the 1 gb microdrive that I used killed it as it killed another 30D in the shop when I took the second camera there. Funnily though the "problemetic" microdrive is still working perfectly with my PC and in my PDA. Anyway, I got another replace back and everything all seem to work smoothly since.
A bit about myself:
Coming from EOS 3 film world, I had been shooting on and off for over 6 years with the camera. I enjoyed the results as well as the camera. Like most of you I finally decided to move to digital recently. I bought a Fuji F11 a few month ago and decided it is not what I want for serious shooting. So it came the above story...
Sorry for been so lenthy but I guess I better do a little bit troduction for my first post here.
Now it comes the main part, the white balance problem. Coming from film background, white balance is something new to me. I am having difficulty getting the white balance right so that my shot comes out with a white backgroud if the background is white. Under what I believe is a controlled enviornment, details to follow, the AWB is just so simply shifting from shots to shots from white to grey to dark grey. I just never seem to have any control of what to come next. Basically all my white background becomes grey or dark grey. All the shots look dirty as there seem to have a layer of grey color on each shot. Here is what I did and the set up:
I have been shooting Jewelries and little gift products since my first 30D. I have a softlight tent with three 6500K lights at sides and top. Inside of the tent everything is white except the little product. There is only a little hole left for lens to get into the tent. The lens is Sigma 150mm Macro. The camera is connected to my laptop via USB link and Canon EOS utility for remote shooting. This allows me to review my shots immediately at my 15" laptop screem for focus, color, exposure etc. a remote controller and mirror lockup is also used for the shooting. Focus is do manually and I shoot raw only. So far I have tried all Exposure meterings, Av and M mode, AWB, custom with white paper inside of the tent, or at K values from 5000-7000. Also tried K values with color preferences. So far nothing worked. In the PP side I tried to get rid of the grey cast in Canon PPD and PSCS2 with hacked Camera RAW 3.3. All without sucess. I am sure on the white balance part it must be me not the camera so please don't take this as equiptment faulty report.
There are a few shots that come close with AWB. But I don't know how to get its K value so that I can set the WB at that value for the rest of the shoots to see how they go. Any idea what software will show AWB at K value or something that I can use to set custom WB?
Thanks in advance and have a good day.
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Just hit that little white ball and search hard for it.
A little background of the camera:
Got my first DSLR, 30D, a couple of weeks ago. The first 30D had some focus problem that is noticeable on LCD when compared with other 30D in the shop. Got the replacement and the focus worked much better. However the second camera died on me after 3 days of use. It turned out it is the 1 gb microdrive that I used killed it as it killed another 30D in the shop when I took the second camera there. Funnily though the "problemetic" microdrive is still working perfectly with my PC and in my PDA. Anyway, I got another replace back and everything all seem to work smoothly since.
A bit about myself:
Coming from EOS 3 film world, I had been shooting on and off for over 6 years with the camera. I enjoyed the results as well as the camera. Like most of you I finally decided to move to digital recently. I bought a Fuji F11 a few month ago and decided it is not what I want for serious shooting. So it came the above story...
Sorry for been so lenthy but I guess I better do a little bit troduction for my first post here.
Now it comes the main part, the white balance problem. Coming from film background, white balance is something new to me. I am having difficulty getting the white balance right so that my shot comes out with a white backgroud if the background is white. Under what I believe is a controlled enviornment, details to follow, the AWB is just so simply shifting from shots to shots from white to grey to dark grey. I just never seem to have any control of what to come next. Basically all my white background becomes grey or dark grey. All the shots look dirty as there seem to have a layer of grey color on each shot. Here is what I did and the set up:
I have been shooting Jewelries and little gift products since my first 30D. I have a softlight tent with three 6500K lights at sides and top. Inside of the tent everything is white except the little product. There is only a little hole left for lens to get into the tent. The lens is Sigma 150mm Macro. The camera is connected to my laptop via USB link and Canon EOS utility for remote shooting. This allows me to review my shots immediately at my 15" laptop screem for focus, color, exposure etc. a remote controller and mirror lockup is also used for the shooting. Focus is do manually and I shoot raw only. So far I have tried all Exposure meterings, Av and M mode, AWB, custom with white paper inside of the tent, or at K values from 5000-7000. Also tried K values with color preferences. So far nothing worked. In the PP side I tried to get rid of the grey cast in Canon PPD and PSCS2 with hacked Camera RAW 3.3. All without sucess. I am sure on the white balance part it must be me not the camera so please don't take this as equiptment faulty report.
There are a few shots that come close with AWB. But I don't know how to get its K value so that I can set the WB at that value for the rest of the shoots to see how they go. Any idea what software will show AWB at K value or something that I can use to set custom WB?
Thanks in advance and have a good day.
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Just hit that little white ball and search hard for it.
