snow wb settings? - DPChallenge Forums

01/05/2005 01:44:19 PM · #1

does anyone know good custom wb settings for snow? i won't be shooting in raw because i'll be shooting snowboard sequences so i need the fastest write times on my cf card. It's a cloudy day over here. Just wondering if anyone offhand knew a good setting so i didn't have to fiddle around. It's a cloudy day over here. thanks!

01/05/2005 01:49:48 PM · #2

I use Sun for sunny and cloud for cloudy,Rebel's auto setting is very accurate too.Don't know about other not so good brands like Nikon :-)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

01/05/2005 01:50:59 PM · #3

that's ok I can spot meter for the rider =)

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

01/05/2005 01:53:02 PM · #4

Originally posted by petrakka:

that's ok I can spot meter for the rider =)

yeah, but you cant have a vertical grip for your camera. lol

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

01/05/2005 01:57:44 PM · #5

Originally posted by hsteg:

yeah, but you cant have a vertical grip for your camera. lol

haha buttt i dont need that when ive got a tripod. annyways white balance settings? or should i just go with the regular cloudy?

Prof_Fate

01/05/2005 02:00:50 PM · #6

auto WB should be fine, or set a custom one when you are ready to shoot - you got lots of white arond you!

the issue will be exposure - the meter and camera willl want to underexpose. take a reading off the sky, facing north, about 45 degrees above the horizon. try that and maybe adjust one stop. if you underexpose, which is what the camera will try to do, the snow ill look all dirty and gray

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

01/05/2005 02:02:37 PM · #7

set a custom wb off the snow.

01/05/2005 02:02:53 PM · #8

I always see people's faces orange/red, who ever uses D70,is it the camera or the photographers ?

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon

01/05/2005 02:09:01 PM · #9

ive gotten good skin tones with my cam, though im not much into shooting portraits right now. we'll see how this snow thing goes. i would imagine its the photographer that's the prob, something im not immune to at all.

gusto

Canon EOS-7D

01/05/2005 02:25:05 PM · #10

It seems that getting accurate WB in the snow would be very tricky

Pedro

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/05/2005 02:32:49 PM · #11

Originally posted by pitsaman:

I always see people's faces orange/red, who ever uses D70,is it the camera or the photographers ?

I've owned both the Rebel and the D70, and i found the colors are truer to what my eye saw with the Nikon. The Rebel was always a little flatter looking out of the box. A little less noisy, but with flatter color.

Of course it's a non-issue since after 2 seconds in photoshop they're identical.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/05/2005 02:35:16 PM · #12

Originally posted by Pedro:

Originally posted by pitsaman:
I always see people's faces orange/red, who ever uses D70,is it the camera or the photographers ?

I've owned both the Rebel and the D70, and i found the colors are truer to what my eye saw with the Nikon. The Rebel was always a little flatter looking out of the box. A little less noisy, but with flatter color.

Of course it's a non-issue since after 2 seconds in photoshop they're identical.

this is what I'm talking about :-)

Pedro

Nikon D200

01/05/2005 02:39:00 PM · #13

that was taken with the Rebel

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/05/2005 02:45:40 PM · #14

Originally posted by Pedro:

that was taken with the Rebel

oouch burn. =)~

Pedro

Nikon D200

01/05/2005 02:55:06 PM · #15

Originally posted by petrakka:

Originally posted by Pedro:
that was taken with the Rebel

oouch burn. =)~

nah - not intended as a burn...just a point. The yellow cast comes from the fact that it was shot with halogens. I like the skin tones that halogens give, particularly in the winter when those of us who live up north have skin that's white enough to tan the sun.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

01/05/2005 03:12:29 PM · #16

Auto WB on snow :

thatcloudthere

Canon EOS-1D

01/05/2005 03:23:38 PM · #17

Perhaps I'm dense, but isn't this fairly simple? Wouldn't you just set the custom white balance based on the brightest snow you can find (out of the shade at 90 degrees to the sun)?

eugene

Nikon D700

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D

01/05/2005 03:30:44 PM · #18

Why not use a white sheet of paper and custom WB?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

01/05/2005 04:01:08 PM · #19

im probly dense but i cant figure out how to custom wb, and my manual is not with me now. Oh well i think i found a good setting at ev+1 wb for cloudy +1

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

01/05/2005 04:03:48 PM · #20

Originally posted by eugene:

Why not use a white sheet of paper and custom WB?

why would you need that when your surrounded by white snow?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

01/05/2005 05:51:14 PM · #21

Originally posted by hsteg:

Originally posted by eugene:
Why not use a white sheet of paper and custom WB?

why would you need that when your surrounded by white snow?

Snow reflects the colour of the surroundings so it could actually look blue (from the sky) or green (from the trees).