Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, IF your grey card is completely neutral then you would get a correct setting for the light that was falling on that, yes. Grey cards are not always neutral (being originally intended for that overall tonal level rather than white balance) and of course as you said the light will vary across the area in a case like this. You can consider shooting one frame with a WHIBAL card or similar in it and then set your WB from that in LR or ACR, using that to synchronise all of your shots. I do that for portraits. http://www.rawworkflow.com/ Really most of these methods work best in studio situations or where you have controlled conditions of course. What I was trying to point out was that auto WB in your camera often makes a good guess at what you need and that you can change it afterwards in Raw with no penalty. Later firmware for your M8 improved its WB performance also. Having the same setting in developing that you found acceptable for one frame can then be used to make the others consistent. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 14 March 2010 01:47, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > So, check my thinking here. > > I used auto white balance and got variable results--guess i may have > somehow affected what was hitting the blue window sensor > > so, if i shoot a graycard, and set balance accordingly manually, it will > give me a metadata tag that will make the LR import consistent? > > ric > > > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > On WB just leave the camera on DNG and use auto. Develop one in LR or ACR > to > > the level that appeals and synchronise them all. > > There's no just one 'correct' adjustment but consistency in a series > works > > well. Auto takes a good stab at it in LR or ACR but you can experiment to > > your heart's content non-destructively. > > The only value of setting the auto WB in the camera (for Raw) is to get a > > suggested starting point. Whateve you set or mis-set there has zero > effect > > on the recorded image and is just metadata. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >