White Balance / Colour correction tools
Posted 12/10/2010 - 16:13
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Far easier, for a beginner to just set the camera WB to flash and get on with enjoying learning new tricks
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 12/10/2010 - 16:56
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I've used both the Expodisc and the QPcard-201.
Be aware that just getting a grey paint from B&Q (etc) probably isn't going to cut it. You need a pure colour that doesn't exhibit any metermerism. That's why colour charts are expensive - they're not just blobs of Dulux dabbed on a card
Most of the time, though, a simple WB grab from a piece of correctly exposed paper will do the job.
The Expodisc is handy in the field - more especially when using it as an incident light meter
And the QPcard is great when there's colour critical things to do (like product shots).
They all have their place... as long as you know why and how to use them
HTH!
Matt
Be aware that just getting a grey paint from B&Q (etc) probably isn't going to cut it. You need a pure colour that doesn't exhibit any metermerism. That's why colour charts are expensive - they're not just blobs of Dulux dabbed on a card
Most of the time, though, a simple WB grab from a piece of correctly exposed paper will do the job.
The Expodisc is handy in the field - more especially when using it as an incident light meter
And the QPcard is great when there's colour critical things to do (like product shots).
They all have their place... as long as you know why and how to use them
HTH!
Matt
http://www.mattmatic.co.uk
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(For gallery, tips and links)
Posted 12/10/2010 - 19:36
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I've seen QPcard-201 before looks quite good and only about
11 Euros and the software's free. I'll order one tomorrow to
mess around with.
11 Euros and the software's free. I'll order one tomorrow to
mess around with.
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Posted 12/10/2010 - 19:57
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Looking forward to you opinion on the QPCard Algi
Posted 13/10/2010 - 10:09
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Technoblurb wrote:
Looking forward to you opinion on the QPCard Algi
You can download the free software for the time being it's supposed to have a few sample shots to practice on.Looking forward to you opinion on the QPCard Algi
This ebay auction has some good quality lens photos, but the colour balance is wrong. The black of the lens shows up as brown?
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
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