Hello everyone,
I played around with my E-10 (nice toy!!!) and wandered how the
manual white balance is used in practice, that is, if I want to
have a picture with more orange/yellow in it to make it look a bit
warmer or if I want to put in more blue.
Thanks in advance.
Jack.
Jack, funny you should ask. Of course you can use one of the
presets on the E10--see manual for the temps of these, but I just
happened to come across a neat way to do this by way of the custom
WB (which I use a lot--both in my new D60 and my E10--in fact I use
custom WB 90% of the time). I'm not sure where/why I get PC PHoto
mag (must have been a cheap sub with some graphics hardware--but
occasionally it has some good info), but this issue had an
interesting tip which I just tried. They suggested you pick up a
light blue paint chip (try Home Depot/Lowes or similar) and a
'light red' (try pink or orangey pink) and use those for your '18%
grey card' or white card. That is--gosh, I can't remember just how
the custom WB works now on the E10 since I've been using the
D6o--Okay--got my E10 out---for a custom WB, push down the WB
button on top of camera and move the dial until your WB comes up as
0 which is custom WB. Then---to warm your images, use the light
blue paint chip, hold it so the light hits it at the same angle as
your subject, click on the custom WB button on front of camera to
the left of the lens. YOu will get a dialog box asking you if your
image in LCD has correct WB or not--use the OK or menu buttons for
yes or no. Now---your image will be 'warmed' like using a regular
warming filter on a film SLF. To 'cool' your image follow the same
procedure with the 'light red' (pink or orangey pink) paint chip.
The reasoning is that its better to start with a correct WB than do
color balance, etc. in PS. I had just tried this with my D60 and
really liked it, so now I've tried it with the E10 and its a neat
little tip.
--
Diane B
http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries
B/W lover, but color is seducing me
