 Mark |
White Balance Settings? I have a Fuji s5600 and am a bit confused about the different types of white balance. I can understand 3 of the settings but it has 3 for flourescent lights. Shooting under “Daylight” fluorescent lamps Shooting under “Warm White” fluorescent lamps and Shooting under “Cool White” fluorescent lamps. Please could someone tell me the difference between these in simple to understand terms. I understand that lamps are different temps but which setting would be my normal flourescent tube in my kitchen? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mark.
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robert G. Fately |
Mark, the reason there is more than one flourescent balance setting is because flourescent lamps come in a variety of color casts. It's hard to believe until you see a series of a few dozen tubes side by side - then you can tell some are purplish while others are greenish, etc. With this in ind, I presume Fuji's notion was to give you a little more flexibility when it comes to flourescent lighting. With daylight, it's pretty much 5000 degrees Kelvin, and tungsten (floowlights or hous lamps) are 3400 degrees; these are pretty consistent. But flourescents are so varied they had to give you more choices.
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Mark |
So without knowing which tubes are which, would I be best doing a custom white balance for any photos I shoot under flourescent tubes, or do you think I should take a photo with each setting and decide which colours I like best Bob. Thanks for your reply.
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Tonya Cozart |
Mark, it has been my experience that when using artificial light, esp flourescent, custom white balance works best. I don't have the fuji, I have nikon, but I can't get a pre programed white balace to give me the color tone I want or need without doing a grey card...hth
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Dan C. |
I had read that white balance auto mode on a lot of cameras will do a decent job of adjusting white balance when you are unable to. That is, if your camera lens cap is off and pointed toward your subject when you turn the camera on, the auto balancing system will adjust (in most cameras) for lighting from about 3200K up to and beyond daylight K settings. Is this incorrect? Regards,
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Robin Long |
How do you set a custom wb using a grey card with the Nikon D70s? ~Robin
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
I do a wb with white things, but it would work the same way. Take a picture and expose it right of something white in the light your in, then use frame to set the custom wb, then switch the camera to custom wb.
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Robin Long |
ok I'm sorry...I'm new to photography so I'm not quite understanding this. I have my grey card, so I should have it in the lighted area, take a photo of it...then what? Use frame? I'm not sure what that means. ~Robin
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
If it's any different, the manual will explain it. Take the picture, open the menu to set wb, scroll to the frame that you're using to set the wb and set it. Then switch the wb setting to the custom wb.
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Diane Dupuis |
Hey Mark - I have the same camera. I find I don't see that much difference between the 3 flourescent settings. Setting your custom whitebalance isn't that hard - but you have to go into the menu first - press on custom white balance. it will tell you to take the pic - and then set it by hitting OK... E-mail me if you have any other questions. I love my camera!!
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Mark |
Thanks all of you who replied to my question, I'm a lot further forward now in my understanding of the white balance settings. I have looked through your gallery quite a few times Diane and see that you have taken great pics with your Fuji s5600, I just hope that I can get somewhere near to your results. Thanks all of you once again. Mark.
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Diane Dupuis |
Thanks Mark! You sure know how to make a girl blush!
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