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Hi all,

I'm looking for information about the d1x's white balance setting.

I'm specifically asking about the custom settings where you take a shot and use that to set the white balance. In the studio, I can set up the lights and then shoot a grey card just fine. But at a wedding, using a quantum T2 (or even the sb28d) set to Auto mode f8 as the main light and the body to manual f8, can I still set the white balance using the above grey card measurement technique? Should I?

Any suggestions are welcomed,
Michael.
 
michael doan said:
But at a
wedding, using a quantum T2 (or even the sb28d) set to Auto mode f8
as the main light and the body to manual f8, can I still set the
white balance using the above grey card measurement technique?
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Yes.
michael51273 said:
Should I?
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If you're shooting JPEG, perhaps. The real issue you'll face is changing balance between ambient and flash, especially indoors where color temps are far different than that of the flash.--Thom Hoganauthor, Nikon Field Guideauthor, Nikon Flash Guideauthor, Complete Guide to the Nikon D1, D1h, & D1xwww.bythom.com
 
Thom, any advice on how to do it? I've just started down the D1x road, and already ran into that situation. I pulled the saturation out of the yellows (incandescents) in the background, then painted to history to tone those areas down. Any ways to automatically do some of that?
Thom Hogan said:
If you're shooting JPEG, perhaps. The real issue you'll face is
changing balance between ambient and flash, especially indoors
where color temps are far different than that of the flash.
--
Thom Hogan
author, Nikon Field Guide
author, Nikon Flash Guide
author, Complete Guide to the Nikon D1, D1h, & D1x
http://www.bythom.com
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C_Maxwell said:
Thom, any advice on how to do it? I've just started down the D1x
road, and already ran into that situation. I pulled the saturation
out of the yellows (incandescents) in the background, then painted
to history to tone those areas down. Any ways to automatically do
some of that?
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Well, if you're shooting under the same lighting all the time, the usual fix is to put a filter gel over the flash. But this takes some work to get right.--Thom Hoganauthor, Nikon Field Guideauthor, Nikon Flash Guideauthor, Complete Guide to the Nikon D1, D1h, & D1xwww.bythom.com
 
Thom, another white balance question please for the D1X. I was shooting my little boy's baseball practice yesterday afternoon with my new D1X. I looked at the sky and saw lots of clouds, so I set the white balance to overcast. I shot lots of pictures and got some unusual results. Some were exposed perfectly while others had a yellowish cast. It was near sunset and I am thinking the light color must have changed dramatically to cause such a change. I got your D1X e-book and so far its terrific, but haven't finished reading yet. I did notice on the included WB cards that overcast has a color temperature of 6600K to 5400K setting, which is above direct sunlight, but when I turn the card over I see sunrise and sunset is 3100K. Much more difference than I would have expected. I'm not exactly fond of auto white balance with it having given me inconsistant results before, but is it my soluton for an overcast day near sundown as the light changes over say an hour or hour and a half. I think I might have answered my own question, but I want to be sure I am reading the table correctly. The funny part of the shoot was that I could shoot four pictures with perfect white balance and then one or two with yellow cast and then perfect again. Camera defect or sun peeking out from the clouds intermittently as I shot and it went down????? I love the camera, but white balance and getting it right has been the most frustrating thing for me so far. The colors are magnificent when it is right, but I get it wrong more than right, but it most of my problems happen in tricky situations like this. I feel I might have the same problems with ambient and flash light when I get my flash (I have decided to wait for the SB 80 DX). I will get your flash book too, but it doesn't have that one in it yet and I don't have the flash yet. Any comments you could add realtive to the F100 as well would be helpful in the previous scenario. I got it (and your F100 book) at the same time. (I trying to master one camera at a time and removing the processing costs helps save money by making the mistakes on the D1X first). Thank you in advance for your help!!! I live in Texas and am thinking about enrolling in your Big Bend shoot in December. (I could drive to it.) I am also registerd to attend the Nikon school in a couple of weeks when it comes to town.
 
christopher said:
Thom, another white balance question please for the D1X. I was
shooting my little boy's baseball practice yesterday afternoon with
my new D1X. I looked at the sky and saw lots of clouds, so I set
the white balance to overcast. I shot lots of pictures and got
some unusual results. Some were exposed perfectly while others had
a yellowish cast. It was near sunset and I am thinking the light
color must have changed dramatically to cause such a change. I got
your D1X e-book and so far its terrific, but haven't finished
reading yet. I did notice on the included WB cards that overcast
has a color temperature of 6600K to 5400K setting, which is above
direct sunlight, but when I turn the card over I see sunrise and
sunset is 3100K. Much more difference than I would have expected.
I'm not exactly fond of auto white balance with it having given me
inconsistant results before, but is it my soluton for an overcast
day near sundown as the light changes over say an hour or hour and
a half. I think I might have answered my own question, but I want
to be sure I am reading the table correctly. The funny part of the
shoot was that I could shoot four pictures with perfect white
balance and then one or two with yellow cast and then perfect
again. Camera defect or sun peeking out from the clouds
intermittently as I shot and it went down????? I love the camera,
but white balance and getting it right has been the most
frustrating thing for me so far. The colors are magnificent when
it is right, but I get it wrong more than right, but it most of my
problems happen in tricky situations like this. I feel I might
have the same problems with ambient and flash light when I get my
flash (I have decided to wait for the SB 80 DX). I will get your
flash book too, but it doesn't have that one in it yet and I don't
have the flash yet. Any comments you could add realtive to the
F100 as well would be helpful in the previous scenario. I got it
(and your F100 book) at the same time. (I trying to master one
camera at a time and removing the processing costs helps save
money by making the mistakes on the D1X first). Thank you in
advance for your help!!! I live in Texas and am thinking about
enrolling in your Big Bend shoot in December. (I could drive to
it.) I am also registerd to attend the Nikon school in a couple of
weeks when it comes to town.
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