discussion title:
Camera & lingo cheat sheet...
message #:
2959.19 in response to 2959.18
Hey Lyndee. I haven't done a tut for the board in a while. I shoot RAW so I don't set a CWB (although have recently started). I usually just take a pic of my gray card in the lighting I'm shooting in and then use the WB picker in ACR to batch process my WB. But while I was shooting at Haylee's school for the yearbook last week, I set a CWB and it saved me time in editing, so I will do it from time to time in bad lighting.
It's actually really easy to do. I learned in the beginning to use a white piece of paper and was never happy with my WB. It was always crazy yellow. So then I learned to use a neutral gray. So what I do is...
take out my gray card (it's 3 little cards...1 gray, 1 black & 1 white) and I fill the frame. I change my lens to MF because focus is not important. I set my exposure to dead center since I'm metering 18% gray and I snap a pic. You have to make sure that there aren't crazy shadows or that there is not light reflecting directly off the gray card. Then I go into my Menu (canon xsi) and choose the CWB menu option. I set that pic of my gray card as the CWB picture. Do not delete that picture until you are done shooting in that lighting. Then I hit the WB button on the back of my XSi and choose CWB. Because I went through the menu, that pic of my gray card is being used as my CWB. And really...that's all there is to it! :O) And just a heads up, the WB may still need to be tweaked a bit in editing. There is no perfect method just as anything with photography. And a proper WB isn't always the most appealing WB to your eye. But it's very important to start with a proper WB and adjust a bit! Lemme know if you have any questions! :O)
What's in my Jill E bags...
Canon XSi w/battery grip ~ EF 24-70mm 2.8L
EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS ~ EF 100mm 2.8 Macro
EF 85mm 1.8 ~ EF 50mm 1.8 ~ EF-s 18-55mm 3.5/5.6 IS
PSCS4 on a calibrated laptop
and other stuff
WISH LIST
Canon 5D Mark II w/battery grip
EF 85mm 1.2L
