I don't bother to carry a white card (yet), but was never really happy with the Auto-White-Balance and tended to select a warmer preset. I was getting fed up continually switching though, and this weekend have tried using the manual white balance set from:
A white T-shirt A white painted door A Radiator There is almost always something 'white enough' to do a consistently better job than AWB or presets - I am totally happy with the results - and it was sooo easy too. I you use RAW (this is definitely the BEST solution) then it doesn't matter, but that fills the card up pretty quickly. If you have to think about white balance, then setting it from something white is pretty easy and more consistent than any other method. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Apilado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 October 2003 20:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel > > > I wonder how many users of digital equipment carry a white > card to do white balancing? Just like how many digital slr > users carry a light meter around with them all the time so > they can get more accurate metering that their dslr doesn't > seemingly give them. Lots of extra stuff to carry. > > Jim A. > > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:15:58 -0600 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: *istD vs. Digital Rebel > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:15:59 -0400 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tom" > > Subject: RE: *istD vs. Digital Rebel > > > > > > > >> > >> On the 10D you hit the WB button, spin a dial. The slected WB is > >> always displayed on the top panel. > > > > It sounds like there isn't really any advantage to one or > the other. > > They are both getting there in much the same way. One less > button on > > the Pentax, which I appreciate. > > > > William Robb > > > >
