White balance and tonalities |O|

You&acute;re welcome Fred. I just like to experiment and see results, when I have nothing else to do, I speak with my cameras, discussing images,techniques,chatting a bit and make them give the best they can....Sometimes they&acute;re fed up with me <br /> :Happy :Happy :Happy 😎 |O|

Just make sure nobody catches you talking with your cameras. Too funny Artur! 😂

Only my wife and kids...but they&acute;re used to it. :Happy 😎

AH.... well ,thats good. :D

Do you give your cameres names 😂 .......I&acute;ve been using RAW format for the last 6 months, that way I don&acute;t need to mess around with the white balance in the camera, the down side is large files. I found your info on spot metering very useful, thanks for sharing your knowledge |O|

Do you give your cameres names 😂 .......I&acute;ve been using RAW format for the last 6 months, that way I don&acute;t need to mess around with the white balance in the camera, the down side is large files. I found your info on spot metering very useful, thanks for sharing your knowledge |O|

Hi Ernie, yes....I give my cameras names. My old Nikon F2 is Nikolina, my F717 is Sonia, my little S80 , Preciosa ( Precious ) and probably and if I buy the brand new Pentax K 10 D, will be named Penthouse ;). Raw is the most accurate digital file you can get - usually is called the &quot;digital negative&quot; and none of my cameras have that file format unfortunatelly. They have TIFF - big files also - and when digitalizing from my old BW films, I always digitalize as TIFF. My youngest son has a brand new Olympus E500 and I told him to capture only in the raw format. Is THE format to record, although big files. I ndo not care abt big files. I prefer the quality and versatility of the RAW format. On spot metering...well, I cannot live without it, as back in the seventies, I used to measure light on the spot. I did not have center weight average ( the closest method to spot but not as precise ) or evaluative metering, And do not thank me, we are here to share opinions, not only to upload. Was nice to hear from you - great images you have. :congrats |O|

Dear Artur, <br /> <br />YES, I find it very complicated ! NO, I don&acute;t find it unnecessary at all ! 😂 <br />I have just decided to create a new folder named Artur and copy all the input from you in there ..........that will make it a lot easier for me to have all the informations at hand when I want to and will save me from running around Skinbase looking for them ! :) <br /> <br />Thank you very much, Artur, this again is a great help for me ! ❤️

I am honoured, Antje, to have a folder in your machine with my name.... 😮 ❤️ |O|

I forgot to mention that we can always correct the white balance in post processing. The problem is: do I remenber exactly the original tonality of the capture ? Some software do have an &quot;auto white balance setting ( not very effective in some shots )If not, pick up the little &quot;pippete&quot; on your imaging software - not all have this - and point it to the most white part of the image...if there is a white part...and even so, the results can be completely different than the original capture.That&acute;s why my friends the white balance measurement is sometimes crucial when shooting. I know, I know, I am too much technical. Sorry...|O|

Totally off topic, If you want to have a white white in oilpaint on your canvas, start with a red underground. Why? Because it absorbs the blacks :) Then paint with white over it 😂 and you&acute;ve got a nice shiny bright white :o Great stuff Artur, I knew that but I am soooooooooooooo lazy :D

I call my camera SonyHoeDanWel..Dutchies will understand this, translated it would be something like NotLikeThatButHowShouldItBe LOL