> > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:57:50 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > Will this high speed shooting be out of doors? If so set the white > > balance to a fixed value and get it right all the time instead. > > It will, and if a fixed value or the presets is close enough for this > usage, that sounds great (can you tell I don't know jack about the > whole digicam operation thing? :-). The main times I would need to do > something different would be in the garages and the dusk/night portions > of the Petit le Mans. Occasionally some other shots, too, but they'd > be under much less stressful circumstances.
Think of it like this; if you'd shoot daylight-compensated slide film, and reckon that the colours would be close enough, then just leave the white balance set on daylight. That's probably what I'd use for night shots at Road Atlanta, too: you *want* those yellow headlights to look yellow, and the blue/white ones to look blue. Your flash is daylight, too (assuming you'll be using some flash for side shots). For night shots in the garage, though, you might want to use something different if there are a lot of fluorescent lights about.
