which WB to use

[Chew Siow Ming]

What WB do u use for outdoor shot with flash ? AWB or WB for the ambient or WB for flash ?

[eng_keow]

Originally Posted by Chew Siow Ming What WB do u use for outdoor shot with flash ? AWB or WB for the ambient or WB for flash ?

Use daylight about Temp 5000.

[westwest1]

Originally Posted by Chew Siow Ming What WB do u use for outdoor shot with flash ? AWB or WB for the ambient or WB for flash ?

use RAW setting...go home and adjust the WB....

[Chew Siow Ming]

Originally Posted by eng_keow Use daylight about Temp 5000.

will it make the skin tone too warm ? I've tried using WB=Flash, skin tone ok, but the background color turned out to be too warm.... can PS set diff WB for both subject & background ? what i meant was one layer for subject and the other one for the background, and set diff WB for both layers and than flatten them together ???

[DeSwitch]

use RAW, if yr camera dont have RAW, use AWB and adjust on PC. Make sure you calibrate yr monitor to get good result.

Alternatively the best way is to use custom WB. Just change the CWB when you change location. (easy to forget if you are not used to it)

[genetric]

How do you custom WB?

I amc currently using D70

[westwest1]

Originally Posted by genetric How do you custom WB? I amc currently using D70

set to P mode...

Select the PRE wb setting...

Then press and hold the wb button till the PRE display starts to blink...

Then shoot at the colour you want...

Then you will see the GOOD display blinking...and you are done..

[VR2]

if it is not diff from my d50, go to CWB, hold for bout 2 secs and a "PRE" wld appear blinking.
aim the whole frame on a piece of white paper and shoot, if its ok i wold appear "GOOD"

[DeSwitch]

I'm not Nikon user so guess WestWest1 and VR2 answered yr question.

[Cikgu101]

Originally Posted by westwest1 set to P mode... Select the PRE wb setting... Then press and hold the wb button till the PRE display starts to blink... Then shoot at the colour you want... Then you will see the GOOD display blinking...and you are done..

I do that too but I use a expodisc from http://exposdisc.com with it
To get the Best White Balance ... So far I think I do