The other day I was shooting a sunset that had a lot of blue in it instead of the customary red. My D7000 was turning the pictures red. When I tried playing around with the white balance I wasn't getting anywhere. The sun was going down. By putting the camera into dusk mode I simply took the picture and read the temperature. From that point on I was able to use manual and the colors came out properly.
Under most circumstances this camera is dead on with colors. I knew it was just a matter of finding the proper setting.
Hopefully this will help others when scrambling for that proper setting.
Don't forget scene mode (D7000)
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I noticed my D5100 changes colors as I shoot at dusk. Starts off great, then goes to some ratty hue. Really annoying.
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If the white balance is really hard to nail, i find the best thing to do is put the camera in live view and set WB to K, then change the K temp until it closely resembles the scene. i also shoot in 14bit RAW and fiddle in LR3 until happy.
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sevencrossing said:
Another solution, you a small folding lastolite grey card ( throw the big bag it comes with away and use a plastic bag) Then use the WB eyedropper in LR3I use an Expodisk and have to do a custom WB about every 2 min to get accurate color. Generally I just shoot raw at sun rise/set.
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In general, I don't usually have many problems with color balancing- I find auto white balance is actually pretty good in most situations. In difficult situations, I usually use raw and balance it myself later. In the most difficult situations, I have to isolate areas and balance them separately using multiple adjustment layers. I try to avoid this if possible.
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TaoTeJared said:
I use an Expodisk and have to do a custom WB about every 2 min to get accurate color. Generally I just shoot raw at sun rise/set.Will the Expodisk work for setting a custom WB for Infrared Photography?
(I usually use a green grass path under the sun to set the custom WB for IR).Posted 1 year ago # -
Did you forget about your previous threads on that subject already Rbid? This thread is about the scene mode on the D7000. Let's stay on topic please.
http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3196
http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3334
http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=3816Posted 1 year ago #
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