-- -----Original Message----- -- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:59 AM -- -- > Friday just gone, I had an immediate use for a DSLR, to -- take photos of my -- > youngest in a school 'play' (she's 5 next week, so it was -- -- This is an ideal setting for the *ist D, especially if you -- can get on the -- stage before the performance. Take a white sheet of paper -- (the whiter the -- better) on the stage and manually set the white balance for -- that lighting. -- Then, when you return to the audience, set the ISO to -- whatever will give you -- a decent shutter speed for the conditions. 1600 and 3200 -- -- Bill -- Bill,
I differ slightly in that I use a grey card to set my manual white balance. Something I found that worked better when I first started using the Nikon D1X and D1H. I should try a comparison using both techniques. I know that I have used a white page in the pinch and have been happy with the results. Though with some thinking on the subject it would make me think that using a grey card would allow some more lattitude in post processing... Just an idle thought, César Panama City, Florida
