Finally got it!

Hi all!

After a few months of unsuccesfully trying to manually focus my A95, I
decided to take the big step, so I became the happy owner of a Canon 350d
:-D
Being used to dig inside menus to change anything I didn't mind the lack of
more dedicated controls; what disappointed me a lot was the really awful
orange cast of the tungsten WB setting, but oh well, a few bad things keep
the balance with the good ones ;-)

By the way, I would be happy if you had a look and gave me constructive
criticism for my older efforts from the
A95:

http://www.pbase.com/melissakos

Now if I can only sound convincing to a specific someone, that I DO need a
macro lens and a 70-300 lens and a bigger tripod and and and....

Kostas

"Belgos" wrote in message
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Being used to dig inside menus to change anything I didn't mind the lack
of
more dedicated controls; what disappointed me a lot was the really awful
orange cast of the tungsten WB setting, but oh well, a few bad things keep
the balance with the good ones ;-)

I'll bet that it's almost exactly as bad as the orange cast I get when
shooting under tungsten lights with white balance set to something more
'normal'

CJ,
Please explain "more normal".
I have the same problem. I've tried "automatic" and seem to get bette
results.
Thanks for any tip,
Marcel

"Celcius" wrote in message
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CJ,
Please explain "more normal".
I have the same problem. I've tried "automatic" and seem to get bette
results.
Thanks for any tip,
Marcel


I was actually being a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Not sure what you know about white balance, but it's designed to compensate
for different colour-temperature lighting. Tungsten has a very low colour
temperature - so if you tell the camera to expect something more "normal"
(like sunlight at mid-day) then you'll end up with an orange/red colour
cast.

Selecting a pre-set white balance can get close, but may not be close enough
for the perfectionists amongst us (ie just about all of us) - one of the
reasons I always shoot in RAW mode - a mode that makes it particularly easy
to compensate for any colour-temperature light.

If you're always shooting under the same lighting then you can probably set
in a custom white balance, but that's about as far as I can help - I avoid
JPG mode like the plague.

"C J Southern" wrote in message
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"Celcius" wrote in message
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CJ,
Please explain "more normal".
I have the same problem. I've tried "automatic" and seem to get bette
results.
Thanks for any tip,
Marcel


I was actually being a bit tongue-in-cheek.

Not sure what you know about white balance, but it's designed to
compensate
for different colour-temperature lighting. Tungsten has a very low colour
temperature - so if you tell the camera to expect something more "normal"
(like sunlight at mid-day) then you'll end up with an orange/red colour
cast.

Selecting a pre-set white balance can get close, but may not be close
enough
for the perfectionists amongst us (ie just about all of us) - one of the
reasons I always shoot in RAW mode - a mode that makes it particularly
easy
to compensate for any colour-temperature light.

If you're always shooting under the same lighting then you can probably
set
in a custom white balance, but that's about as far as I can help - I avoid
JPG mode like the plague.



Thanks for the added info.
I usually set the WB to suit the shooting, almost never in Automatic.
However, sometimes, when I shoot indoors and its dark, with only a few
lights on,if I set to "tungsten", I get an orange tint.
The other night, Iset it to "automatic" and the photos were bluish ;-)
I heard through the grapevine (can't remember where) that the Rebel 350 had
a problem in dark rooms with flash...
Marcel

Are you using a flash to supplement the incandescent lighting?

"JimKramer" wrote in message
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Are you using a flash to supplement the incandescent lighting?


Yes
I forgot to say. If I use WB set to flash in a darken room I get reddish
colors.
If I set WB to Incandescent lighting with flash, I might get a bluish tinge
If I set WB to automatic with flash I (usually get a so-so photo).
Of course, If I have good lighting, there is no problem.

"Celcius" wrote in message
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"JimKramer" wrote in message
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Are you using a flash to supplement the incandescent lighting?


Yes
I forgot to say. If I use WB set to flash in a darken room I get reddish
colors.
If I set WB to Incandescent lighting with flash, I might get a bluish
tinge
If I set WB to automatic with flash I (usually get a so-so photo).
Of course, If I have good lighting, there is no problem.



Why not just set it correctly, thus avoiding all the problems. Failing that,
set it to automagic.

"Rudy Benner" wrote in message
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"Celcius" wrote in message
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"JimKramer" wrote in message
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Are you using a flash to supplement the incandescent lighting?


Yes
I forgot to say. If I use WB set to flash in a darken room I get reddish
colors.
If I set WB to Incandescent lighting with flash, I might get a bluish
tinge
If I set WB to automatic with flash I (usually get a so-so photo).
Of course, If I have good lighting, there is no problem.



Why not just set it correctly, thus avoiding all the problems. Failing
that, set it to automagic.


Pardon me, but if he's in a dark room using his flash to light it, would
not setting the WB to flash be the "correct" thing to do? And if that
setting didn't work for you, wouldn't you try some of the other settings to
see what the results were?

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Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

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"Rudy Benner" wrote in message
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"Celcius" wrote in message
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"JimKramer" wrote in message
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Are you using a flash to supplement the incandescent lighting?


Yes
I forgot to say. If I use WB set to flash in a darken room I get reddish
colors.
If I set WB to Incandescent lighting with flash, I might get a bluish
tinge
If I set WB to automatic with flash I (usually get a so-so photo).
Of course, If I have good lighting, there is no problem.



Why not just set it correctly, thus avoiding all the problems. Failing
that, set it to automagic.


Pardon me, but if he's in a dark room using his flash to light it, would
not setting the WB to flash be the "correct" thing to do? And if that
setting didn't work for you, wouldn't you try some of the other settings
to see what the results were?

--
Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

You are right, I apologize. Slap.