Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, Exactly. Now I know why your Fall color photos are so gorgeous on the little D50. I was only trying to find out what the difference is between the two flashes, if any. I could only come up with WB as a possible change. Doesn't seem significant. Thanks, Len On Nov 13, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Harrison McClary wrote: > If teh auto WB does not work simply set the camera to daylight > setting, this is what flash is supposed to be anyway. > > IME auto wb is not as good as a custom WB or setting the WB to the > proper setting to begin with. The best thing I got is the Expo > Disk to set custom WB, I added a 1/4 plus blue into the expo disk > and this gives a slightly warm color balance, very much like using > an 81A filter when shooting chrome., which is what I pretty much > left on my lenses as I like some warmth in my images. > > Leonard Taupier wrote: >> Tina, >> >> That's great if the SF20 works. Is WB also OK? The manual also >> says that the SCA-3501 will work except for setting auto WB. I >> like my little SF 20 but after spending $5K for a new M8 don't >> want to spend another $400 or so for another flash. I also have >> the Metz 54MZ-4 which should work but I don't carry it around in >> my pocket. I think the only way to see how WB is treated is to set >> the M8 WB to something like incandescent and see how it looks with >> the SB 20. If you keep the M8 in A mode all the time it may not >> matter at all. >> >> Thanks for your input, Tina. > > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information