Comments on: White Balance Explained http://photocritic.org/white-balance/ The Photocritic DIY photography projects blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:17:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The quiet revolution in photography by Photocritic http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-291117 The quiet revolution in photography by Photocritic Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:09:47 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-291117 [...] better than with JPEG, and I stuck with it. Mostly, I did it because I could never quite get the white balance right, and with RAW, you defer the decision until you’re at your computer, which always [...] [...] better than with JPEG, and I stuck with it. Mostly, I did it because I could never quite get the white balance right, and with RAW, you defer the decision until you’re at your computer, which always [...]

]]> By: isabella http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-252877 isabella Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:15 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-252877 Cheers for that. That was an exceptional building block you have given me. Cant wait to use this shiny new knowledge. I Cheers for that. That was an exceptional building block you have given me. Cant wait to use this shiny new knowledge. I

]]> By: Sheree Zielke http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-222392 Sheree Zielke Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:56:20 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-222392 Outstanding explanation for white balance. Extremely good illustrations, too. You visited my blog, so I thought I'd return the favor. I am glad I did. Your writing is very concise and helpful. Cheers, Sheree (Picajet Blog) Outstanding explanation for white balance. Extremely good illustrations, too.
You visited my blog, so I thought I’d return the favor. I am glad I did. Your writing is very concise and helpful.

Cheers,
Sheree (Picajet Blog)

]]> By: gerhard http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-193164 gerhard Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:10:03 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-193164 I actually try to measure colour absorption. I use 2 3ccd camera that I whitebalance under artificial (LED) illumination against a white reference. However If I look at a RGB standard I find that the 2 cameras still give me different levels of red and green, the blue is similar to both. I wondered if the 2 cameras have different cuttof wavelength between red and green and if you can compensate for that. If I try to adjust there red and green signal I loose the white balance for one of the cameras. Any suggestions how to make them behave the same? I actually try to measure colour absorption. I use 2 3ccd camera that I whitebalance under artificial (LED) illumination against a white reference. However If I look at a RGB standard I find that the 2 cameras still give me different levels of red and green, the blue is similar to both. I wondered if the 2 cameras have different cuttof wavelength between red and green and if you can compensate for that. If I try to adjust there red and green signal I loose the white balance for one of the cameras. Any suggestions how to make them behave the same?

]]> By: Jeff http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-183537 Jeff Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:39:18 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-183537 Great article, I have been shooting more with the Kelvin settings (with jpg), they seem to produce a better overal picture and I have been staying away from shooting in raw for the files sizes that add up fast, but while reading I was shooting and testing jpg vs raw and in cs3 it is really amazing the corection that can be done with the raw format when the wb was not correct, and as the light changes fast the wb can effectively be perfected when shooting in raw. Kelvin setting are the best way to go once you get a grasp of them, but shooting in raw is the way to go from now on. Thank you Great article, I have been shooting more with the Kelvin settings (with jpg), they seem to produce a better overal picture and I have been staying away from shooting in raw for the files sizes that add up fast, but while reading I was shooting and testing jpg vs raw and in cs3 it is really amazing the corection that can be done with the raw format when the wb was not correct, and as the light changes fast the wb can effectively be perfected when shooting in raw. Kelvin setting are the best way to go once you get a grasp of them, but shooting in raw is the way to go from now on.

Thank you

]]> By: Theo W.Geurtsen http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-147466 Theo W.Geurtsen Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:04 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-147466 Hello. Your article is very useful for me. I just was in the market to buy a new compact camera. Prefered first a Canon 960 IS. Than evaluated to Canon Powershot A650 IS. I like it a lot but the size is much bigger. Finaly found also the Canon G9. I was used to a Canon SLR EOS 1000FN analog camera fot years. After studying the ins and out of the G9 and getting enthousiast about all thes fine possibilities incidentally I made picturs of a chair with a red backcushion and a green sittingcushion. The green cushion however became blue. Whatever I changed it was always blue. Also during the day the colour changed but was blue again. The same happend with darkred roses. they became nearly rose.The only way to get the cushion green again was to to use the manual whitebalans setting. The auto whitebalance seemed to function less good as with the 650IS. Whybis this? Thanks TWG Hello. Your article is very useful for me. I just was in the market to buy a new compact camera. Prefered first a Canon 960 IS. Than evaluated to Canon Powershot A650 IS. I like it a lot but the size is much bigger. Finaly found also the Canon G9. I was used to a Canon SLR EOS 1000FN analog camera fot years.
After studying the ins and out of the G9 and getting enthousiast about all thes fine possibilities incidentally I made picturs of a chair with a red backcushion and a green sittingcushion. The green cushion however became blue. Whatever I changed it was always blue. Also during the day the colour changed but was blue again. The same happend with darkred roses. they became nearly rose.The only way to get the cushion green again was to to use the manual whitebalans setting.
The auto whitebalance seemed to function less good as with the 650IS. Whybis this? Thanks TWG

]]> By: dj http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-112936 dj Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:09:14 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-112936 thanks very much for the excellent explanation. I am now delving more deeply into photography, and learning things that I probably should have learned decades ago, instead of just intuiting them. I appreciate your concise, well written information. Now I will have to figure out the white balance features on my various cameras and experiment with how they work and what impact various settings have in various shots. Is there any way that a white balance setting can reduce muddiness or noise in a photo in a low light situation? thanks very much for the excellent explanation. I am now delving more deeply into photography, and learning things that I probably should have learned decades ago, instead of just intuiting them.

I appreciate your concise, well written information. Now I will have to figure out the white balance features on my various cameras and experiment with how they work and what impact various settings have in various shots.

Is there any way that a white balance setting can reduce muddiness or noise in a photo in a low light situation?

]]> By: Ramson http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-80140 Ramson Wed, 09 May 2007 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-80140 Good Work. Thanks; it helped me in understanding white balance better than other places I could find on net. Good Work. Thanks; it helped me in understanding white balance better than other places I could find on net.

]]> By: Mat http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-44974 Mat Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:42:02 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-44974 Great article. I've always wondered about white balance and how it mattered in the output of colors. Now I know why it's important. I was actually expecting some kind of explanations on how to post-process the images to correct said wrong white balance. But your friend did a great job at explaining light temperatures! Great article. I’ve always wondered about white balance and how it mattered in the output of colors. Now I know why it’s important.
I was actually expecting some kind of explanations on how to post-process the images to correct said wrong white balance. But your friend did a great job at explaining light temperatures!

]]> By: Fred http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-44623 Fred Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:40:59 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-44623 I knew I was onto a winner as soon as my key words that were input into the search engine brought up this web page. I began to use 5800 for all daylight pix shot in RAW. Why! because I read somewhere that film was based on this colour balance. I never had a problem when shooting fuji 400asa film at weddings. The I went digital...Prior to shooting at 5800 I spent many hours just wandering what would look best in print..5400, 6400, 5950. I just got confused...Thanks for an interesting read. Regards Fred I knew I was onto a winner as soon as my key words that were input into the search engine brought up this web page. I began to use 5800 for all daylight pix shot in RAW. Why! because I read somewhere that film was based on this colour balance. I never had a problem when shooting fuji 400asa film at weddings. The I went digital…Prior to shooting at 5800 I spent many hours just wandering what would look best in print..5400, 6400, 5950. I just got confused…Thanks for an interesting read.
Regards
Fred

]]> By: Sagar http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-42431 Sagar Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:36:51 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-42431 This is one of the best WB article I have came across. You have a great style of writing and making complex things simple :) This is one of the best WB article I have came across. You have a great style of writing and making complex things simple :)

]]> By: Brian Auer http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-38353 Brian Auer Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:43:31 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-38353 Wow Haje, this is very in depth and thought out. I'll typically use auto mode or presets, but since I always shoot RAW+JPEG I don't worry too much about it. The raw definitely helps in situations where the camera was a little off, but it's also nice when I want to purposely use the wrong white balance to change the mood of the picture for artistic reasons. Wow Haje, this is very in depth and thought out. I’ll typically use auto mode or presets, but since I always shoot RAW+JPEG I don’t worry too much about it. The raw definitely helps in situations where the camera was a little off, but it’s also nice when I want to purposely use the wrong white balance to change the mood of the picture for artistic reasons.

]]> By: Tommi http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-38308 Tommi Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:20:57 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-38308 Hi all, This is a very good article. However, I would like to ask for some additional information: I usually get the color temp adjusted pretty fast but I find the tint much harder. Could you share some of your thoughts/opinions on that one? If I use the preset values of camera raw it usually is at +10. Most of the timt I leave it between 0 and +10, almost never go sub-zero. I used to have some problems with greenish pictures - especially after saving them in jpg so I am very careful with too low tint nowadays. Cheers, Tommi Hi all,

This is a very good article. However, I would like to ask for some additional information:
I usually get the color temp adjusted pretty fast but I find the tint much harder. Could you share some of your thoughts/opinions on that one?

If I use the preset values of camera raw it usually is at +10. Most of the timt I leave it between 0 and +10, almost never go sub-zero. I used to have some problems with greenish pictures - especially after saving them in jpg so I am very careful with too low tint nowadays.

Cheers,

Tommi

]]> By: EOS-pro.com http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-38216 EOS-pro.com Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:20:14 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-38216 Great article! Just leaving a note we've linked to it from our "Raw & Post-processing" section on <a href="http://www.eos-pro.com" rel="nofollow">EOS Digital Photographer's Resource</a>, filed under "Basics". Hopefully this won't be treated as a blatant self-advertising... we really need to implement that 'trackback' functionality :-) Great article! Just leaving a note we’ve linked to it from our “Raw & Post-processing” section on EOS Digital Photographer’s Resource, filed under “Basics”. Hopefully this won’t be treated as a blatant self-advertising… we really need to implement that ‘trackback’ functionality :-)

]]> By: RLGelBer http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-38054 RLGelBer Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:05:01 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-38054 GREAT article. Thank you. GREAT article. Thank you.

]]> By: James http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37997 James Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:29:52 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37997 I voted for "other" because I still shoot film, so my color balancing is done with optical filters (at least before scanning takes place). I voted for “other” because I still shoot film, so my color balancing is done with optical filters (at least before scanning takes place).

]]> By: Haje Jan Kamps http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37860 Haje Jan Kamps Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:25:42 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37860 Well, Anna, perhaps you'll just get all the hot men. Well, Anna, perhaps you’ll just get all the hot men.

]]> By: Anna http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37857 Anna Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:18:29 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37857 Nice one :) Epic articles rule. I have read and digested the ubergeekery (although I think I should have copyrighted that word) and am now looking forward to getting all the hot chicks as promised by Mr Kamps about half way down the text. Urm.... or maybe not. Nice one :) Epic articles rule. I have read and digested the ubergeekery (although I think I should have copyrighted that word) and am now looking forward to getting all the hot chicks as promised by Mr Kamps about half way down the text. Urm…. or maybe not.

]]> By: Haje Jan Kamps http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37853 Haje Jan Kamps Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:10:11 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37853 Dear Tibor: If you print it out and physically add it to your workbook, that's fine (and I couldn't stop you if I wanted to :-) if you your 'workbook' is on-line, then it's less cool, and I'd rather you didn't. - Haje Dear Tibor: If you print it out and physically add it to your workbook, that’s fine (and I couldn’t stop you if I wanted to :-) if you your ‘workbook’ is on-line, then it’s less cool, and I’d rather you didn’t.

- Haje

]]> By: Al http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37845 Al Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:45:14 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37845 Excellent article! Totally agree about their being no right way - I usually go for setting against something neutral grey (if I can), shooting in RAW, then fine tuning later. Often when taking photos, one doesn't have the time (for candid street photography) to set the WB, so being able to do it later in post processing is a real bonus. -Al Excellent article! Totally agree about their being no right way - I usually go for setting against something neutral grey (if I can), shooting in RAW, then fine tuning later. Often when taking photos, one doesn’t have the time (for candid street photography) to set the WB, so being able to do it later in post processing is a real bonus.

-Al

]]> By: Tibor http://photocritic.org/white-balance/#comment-37842 Tibor Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:40:01 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2007/white-balance/#comment-37842 This is a great article. I'm currently doing a project at college based on colour transparency film, and all the different ways to exploit the film type with various lights. This article cleared a few things up for me. Do you mind if I use it in my research workbook? This is a great article. I’m currently doing a project at college based on colour transparency film, and all the different ways to exploit the film type with various lights. This article cleared a few things up for me. Do you mind if I use it in my research workbook?

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