If you shoot raw the white balance doesn't matter at shooting time. You shouldn't have to dial individual colours up or down, just change the wb setting in LR.
As for the bag question, I've used various set-ups, none of them perfect. A LowePro S&F Rover Light http://www.nicklathamphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/MG_8854_w1.jpg) works quite well though, and meets all your criteria. I tend to keep the camera out of the bag, over my shoulder. Compass, magnifier, whistle, light meter around my neck, map in one hand, water/thermos in a side pouch of the bag or in the top compartment with lunch and non-photo items such as foul-weather gear, camera stuff in the bottom of the bag; tripod, if used, is vertical on the back of the bag. When I need something from the bag I put it down. B > On 1 Sep 2014, at 21:45, "Christine Aguila" <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone: > > Did a 5 mile hike at Starved Rock State Park yesterday. Starved Rock is > about two hours from Chicago, a very easy drive. Place was packed given the > Labor Day holiday, but we got there early, got our walk in, then left around > 2:30 for lunch and a walk around Utica, Illinois, a quaint little town of a > thousand with a three block Main Street area. > > I have a few questions: > > 1) My white balance setting, Shade, seems to capture a lot of yellow forcing > me to dial yellow down during post-processing. I wondered if other K-3 > shooters found this to their experience as well and what any compensation > techniques have been employed. > > 2). I may be getting Charles Robinson's Fastpack 250. On my hike I took the > Low > Pro MicroTrekker, which is a great fit on the back, but I find it a tough bag > to work out of, and it doesn't allow for a water bottle or much personal > items. It does have two bottom tripod straps, but I want a vertical carry > for the tripod on my next hiking camera bag. I hope to be doing more hiking > in future, so I find myself now in the market for a hiking camera bag. If > anyone has a nice hiking camera bag which can accommodate gear and personal > items, is not a sloppy fit, and has a vertical carry for a tripod, I'd > welcome the suggestions. > > 3). I didn't have my tripod with me on this trek because I'm actually an > inexperienced hiker and didn't know what to expect of the trails or my > ability, so I left the tripod at home. I will be taking it the next trip. > All the shots in the gallery were handheld. > > Here's my gallery from yesterday's hike. It was a wonderfully fun day, and > the park is really great. There are a lot more trails to explore, so I'm most > definitively going back. I've made some short and long term hiking goals. > > http://www.caguila.com/rockaug312014/index.html > > Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine, and Happy Labor Day! > > Sent from my iPad > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
