Custom White Balance

posted by SteveFE, Jan 14, 2007 12:23 AM — 10 comments

Well it tells you how to do this in the manual, but who ever reads them? ;)

Why do you need to use Custom White Balance? Because Canons, and most other makes and models do a terrible job with Auto White Balance in anything other than broad daylight. If you're shooting at a gig, or indoors without flash, or just want perfect colour rendition for a product shot, you need to know CWB. The good news is it's easy, and a few little tricks mean you don't even have to spend money!

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New uploads

posted by SteveFE, Dec 11, 2005 12:03 AM — 6 comments

Haven't uploaded much recently, due to the site redesign and downtime, and OK, plain sheer laziness. My latest four are among the finest I've done though, so hope yez like them!

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