Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, I have found if you want color to look good under Tungsten lighting you have to do a custom white balance, not use the camera preprogrammed, or the auto, but do a custom. On all of my Canon's and Nikons the Tungsten "canned" WB and auto are horrid, but if I do a custom it looks great. On your D200 you can program up to 5 preset white balances, so make one for Tungsten and just dial that in when under T light. I am sure the M8 allows Custom WB, if not that is a MAJOR oversight on their part. Leonard Taupier wrote: > > > First impression. If you're shooting in tungsten lighting you better > get the WB right for color or shoot b&w. My first color shots in my > living room (WB tungsten) turned my blue chair purple. I expected > that. So I took the same shot with a Tiffen hot mirror filter on the > lens. The blue/purple chair turned brown. That I didn't expect so I > took the same shot with my D200. Same tungsten WB, no filtering. The > color came out exactly like the M8 hot mirror shot, brown chair. My > only conclusion is I have some pretty screwy lighting in that room. -- 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