Rob Barron, AKA ‘My Photo Tutor’ (www.myphototutor.com) explains why we need white balance, what it is and how to use the custom white balance function on your dSLR. The principles apply to all dSLRs, irrespective of make or model though method of selection will naturally differ.
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25 responses to “Understanding White Balance”
why dont you bring a dvd out cos i would like to buy one and you explain well.
thankyou peace be with you.
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Great video!
THX 😀 ! But can you use WhiteBalance when you filming to ?
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Thanks friend I have never had such a good explanation Bob !! thanks a hundred time .I wish to knoe about Customising the C nf settings and how to get the best sharpness in DSLR1000d
As a stay at home/homeschool mom Thank You!!
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thats why i shoot in RAW so you can still change the white balance later … but i do use custom white balance.
Great! Thanks!
with what white balance should you take photo from a gray card?
i just wasn’t getting this and you’ve made it so simple! thank you so much!
thank you very so much.
Hi Rob..i do understand how to use white Balance .but my friend did not know .i tried a few times to explain this method to achieve perfect whites in interior photography .but alas im a bad teacher ha ha .but then i searched you tube and i found this video that you made .i sat my friend down and said to her .take a look at this video .and 15 minutes later she was smiling from ear to ear ..Thank you Bob .the best 9mins viewing for this week .the feline is now purring ha ha
Actually, I prefer to get to know my camera in-depth so that I am not slowed down by adjustments and things. It really does become 2nd nature after a while if you work at it :o)
Problem is that some photos cant be taken over after you figure out whats wrong and make a correction setting. Sometimes its now or never. Having a camera that has so many settings can really slow you down for some types of phtography.
very good explanation on white balance…doesnt need a rocket scientist to understand this on how you explained it….cheers!
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Hi, I’m not intending to start an argument but on the camera manual, U might find that setting WB may not work properly under certain light conditions -2 bright colours is 1 of them. Thats when 1 would want to use a G card (more neutral) instead of W card to set the camera. I know U know this but as UR teaching people about the subject (which I applaud) I made a constructive comment. However on the digital era we can adjust the image with the PC as long the person shoot in RAW mode.
You are both right and wrong Altima. Most DSLRs these days have the custom white balance function and allow you to CHOOSE whether you use white or mid-grey as your main setting. This is because everyone has access to a sheet of white paper but not everyone has a mid-grey card to get it spot on. On my blog at wordpress(dot)robbarron(dot)com you will find an atricle I have written talking about the same point you make about how cameras use mid-grey. Cheers,
Rob Barron MPTutor
There is a big fundamental mistake that people do when trying to set custom WB & its using a W card or W paper. The camera sees W as a 18% grey. If U shoot in AWB to a W surface the sensor its going to under exposure the image bcos it think its was overexposure, if U shoot to a surface where there is a lot of black the sensor its going to overexposure bcos it think it was underexposure. So when U custom WB using a 18% grey card, the sensor balance all colors from that shoot as a true W
Thanks for all the recent comments, I am very grateful to you for your kind encouragement :o)
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This is such a great video. I just had a full lesson on white balance! 🙂
You are really great at explaining in an easy to understand way. Thank you! I can’t wait to try it and see how my eBay photos turn out. This will definitely help my sales. : )
Thanks for the great tutorial. Subscribing!