DazedAndConfuzed
Contributor
Hi,
I have been using an Olympus C5050 for a while now and was wondering what is the best way to set as white background for manual WB.
I actually have 2 custom mode,
One: with zoom in, moderate ISO, high shutter speed, flash on. This is for flash shots.
Two: zoom out, high ISO, WB to one of the preset WB I have saved.
The issue is what do I set for WB. What I usually do is on the first dive of the trip, on my descent, at around 30ft from the sandy bottom (probably 50-60ft down), aim at area with only sand and set that as white balance. If it is direct wall dive, at around 60ft down, aim up to the sky toward the sun (the whitest part of they sky) and use that for white balance.
This works relatively well for subjects in the 20-30 ft range that are in the 80-100ft depth but when I do shallower dives, color becomes too warm, or if I try to take a picture of subject far away (drop of a wall, etc), subject is a little more blue.
Is there a fix all white balance? I could reset the WB at different depth by aiming at the sky constantly (the deeper, the more blue it will be)(can't do it with aiming at sand since distance to sand would be not be the same every time), but it would be troublesome and every shot would take a minute.
Maybe they should make a set of white balance cards (all in different shades of blue) that has depth, distance and sky condition marked on them, so if I at 100 ft and subject is around 40 ft away and it is sunny, I could flip to one of the blue card that says 100ft/40ft/sunny and get my WB from that.
I have been using an Olympus C5050 for a while now and was wondering what is the best way to set as white background for manual WB.
I actually have 2 custom mode,
One: with zoom in, moderate ISO, high shutter speed, flash on. This is for flash shots.
Two: zoom out, high ISO, WB to one of the preset WB I have saved.
The issue is what do I set for WB. What I usually do is on the first dive of the trip, on my descent, at around 30ft from the sandy bottom (probably 50-60ft down), aim at area with only sand and set that as white balance. If it is direct wall dive, at around 60ft down, aim up to the sky toward the sun (the whitest part of they sky) and use that for white balance.
This works relatively well for subjects in the 20-30 ft range that are in the 80-100ft depth but when I do shallower dives, color becomes too warm, or if I try to take a picture of subject far away (drop of a wall, etc), subject is a little more blue.
Is there a fix all white balance? I could reset the WB at different depth by aiming at the sky constantly (the deeper, the more blue it will be)(can't do it with aiming at sand since distance to sand would be not be the same every time), but it would be troublesome and every shot would take a minute.
Maybe they should make a set of white balance cards (all in different shades of blue) that has depth, distance and sky condition marked on them, so if I at 100 ft and subject is around 40 ft away and it is sunny, I could flip to one of the blue card that says 100ft/40ft/sunny and get my WB from that.