Thanks re - setting white balance with studio flashes with istD
Thanks to Kostas and Robert for there comments. I set the white balance as pre the instructions and the flashes went off and ok appeared in the LCD. Had a good night and was very pleased went the shots came back from the lab. Cheers Colin
RE: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD
I have tried this today and can confirm my earlier mail. - Manual WB setting works with Studio flash - Built in flash WB gives identical setting - Modelling lamps (at least mine) are very different temp. (much warmer) Hope this helps Rob W -Original Message- From: Colin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 September 2005 16:24 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD I'm shooting a dinner/dance on Saturday night (9hrs GMT) I'm using a set of portable studio flashes and would like to set the white balance manually to the lights. I've read the instructions with the istD for setting white balance manually and it says on P142 step 3: fill the viewfinder completely with white or gray paper under the desired lighting of setting the white balance. step 4: Hold down the manual white balance button and press the shutter release button. Added as a memo is the note; No image is recorded when the shutter release button is pressed to record white balance. My questions are: Will depressing the shutter release button fire a set of studio flashes, lighting the whitepaper with the desired lighting? If the shutter release doesn't fire the flashes will using the modelling lights do? I don't have access to the studio lights I will be using until I have to shuot a dinner/dance on Saturday night (Perth time). Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers Colin
Re: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Colin Miller wrote: Any thoughts would be appreciated. While others will make suggestions that apply to film as well, how about shooting RAW with Auto WB and fixing (in batch mode??) later? I would not be able to guide you on this either, but others may. Good luck with the gig, Kostas
RE: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD
I just tried manually setting the white balance with the pop-up flash - this worked fine, I'm fairly confident that this process will also work with studio flash - I will give this a try tomorrow in my studio and let you know. Anyway - I think that flash colour temperature doesn't vary a lot - so you ought to be able to use the built-in flash white balance setting. Using the modelling lights will be a bit risky - Even IF the correct bulbs are fitted. My 2c. Rob W -Original Message- From: Colin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 September 2005 16:24 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD I'm shooting a dinner/dance on Saturday night (9hrs GMT) I'm using a set of portable studio flashes and would like to set the white balance manually to the lights. I've read the instructions with the istD for setting white balance manually and it says on P142 step 3: fill the viewfinder completely with white or gray paper under the desired lighting of setting the white balance. step 4: Hold down the manual white balance button and press the shutter release button. Added as a memo is the note; No image is recorded when the shutter release button is pressed to record white balance. My questions are: Will depressing the shutter release button fire a set of studio flashes, lighting the whitepaper with the desired lighting? If the shutter release doesn't fire the flashes will using the modelling lights do? I don't have access to the studio lights I will be using until I have to shuot a dinner/dance on Saturday night (Perth time). Any thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers Colin
