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Shooting Tethered, was: What white balance method do you use?
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I don't trust a light meter. I check my picks and check my exposures so I know what I'm getting. /snip Pat: Maybe the group can suggest some solutions that would improve my workflow in this area; I've never found quite the magic. I would like to connect my Canon 5D to my Macbook so I can see the image on the Macbook right after I fire the shutter release. If I could also see the histograms, that would be great. And even better if I could select part of the image and see the histograms for the selection. Does anybody have a successful experience doing this? Thanks, ~Ray |
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Shooting Tethered, was: What white balance method do you use?
Ray Paseur wrote:
Pat wrote: I don't trust a light meter. I check my picks and check my exposures so I know what I'm getting. Pat: Maybe the group can suggest some solutions that would improve my workflow in this area; I've never found quite the magic. I would like to connect my Canon 5D to my Macbook so I can see the image on the Macbook right after I fire the shutter release. If I could also see the histograms, that would be great. And even better if I could select part of the image and see the histograms for the selection. Does anybody have a successful experience doing this? Yes, that's called tethered shooting and does provide the benefits you mention. Just open photoshop (bridge I guess now) in the landing folder and it should update as new shots come in so you can make selections & get local histograms. I'm not sure which software for Canon but I've used this on a Nikon and it opened in the remote control program for basic review although I preferred to use irfanview or PS for better control. There are 3rd party solutions too but the camera manufacturer's software should let you control all functions & settings of the camera from the laptop which is more convenient: testing DOF with the aperture, white balance, etc. |
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What white balance method do you use?
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wrote: Really? I have 4-5 contacts/friends, ranging from Copenhagan to Barcelona and Thesaloniki. They have all had photo sudios for the best part of 20 years, they shoot wedding shots, shots for tourist offices, newspapres and occasional exhibitions. They make 100% of their living out of their photography. None of them have the TIME to fart around with raw. Then they're not delivering the best quality images to their clients. |
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What white balance method do you use?
Mr. Strat wrote:
In article , podger wrote: Really? I have 4-5 contacts/friends, ranging from Copenhagan to Barcelona and Thesaloniki. They have all had photo sudios for the best part of 20 years, they shoot wedding shots, shots for tourist offices, newspapres and occasional exhibitions. They make 100% of their living out of their photography. None of them have the TIME to fart around with raw. Then they're not delivering the best quality images to their clients. Maybe the clients didn't /pay/ for the best quality images, just an acceptable image at an acceptable price? David |
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What white balance method do you use?
"Mr. Strat" wrote Really? I have 4-5 contacts/friends, ranging from Copenhagan to Barcelona and Thesaloniki. They have all had photo sudios for the best part of 20 years, they shoot wedding shots, shots for tourist offices, newspapres and occasional exhibitions. They make 100% of their living out of their photography. None of them have the TIME to fart around with raw. Then they're not delivering the best quality images to their clients. So you say, however, varous quality magazines and a few serious Sunday papers use their photos, this after having had a choice of agencies from which to acquire images from. Just where are these raw derived images which are supposed to be consistently better than jpeg, to be found? The photographers I know will shoot a number of photos at a number of settings, in these circumstances there will always be an image that will be acceptable, and if there is not then a few moments spent with a photo editor will get the best result. After 20 years of practise these people know how to get the besty out of their camera and they also are very good at efficient use of their time. |
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What white balance method do you use?
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Taylor wrote: Maybe the clients didn't /pay/ for the best quality images, just an acceptable image at an acceptable price? That's a pretty crappy way to do business. |
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What white balance method do you use?
Mr. Strat wrote:
In article , David J Taylor wrote: Maybe the clients didn't /pay/ for the best quality images, just an acceptable image at an acceptable price? That's a pretty crappy way to do business. With respect, I would have thought that it was the /only/ sensible way to do business! Otherwise wouldn't we all get our portraits painted by someone famous? David |
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What white balance method do you use?
In article , David J
Taylor wrote: Maybe the clients didn't /pay/ for the best quality images, just an acceptable image at an acceptable price? That's a pretty crappy way to do business. With respect, I would have thought that it was the /only/ sensible way to do business! Otherwise wouldn't we all get our portraits painted by someone famous? When I was in business, "good enough" was not in my lexicon. |
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What white balance method do you use?
"David J Taylor" wrote Then they're not delivering the best quality images to their clients. Maybe the clients didn't /pay/ for the best quality images, just an acceptable image at an acceptable price? Well yes, they make their living out of photography. What else are they supposed to do? They are'nt 20 year all old skint students or college drop outs trying to create art. |
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Shooting Tethered, was: What white balance method do you use?
Paul Furman wrote:
Ray Paseur wrote: Pat wrote: I don't trust a light meter. I check my picks and check my exposures so I know what I'm getting. Pat: Maybe the group can suggest some solutions that would improve my workflow in this area; I've never found quite the magic. I would like to connect my Canon 5D to my Macbook so I can see the image on the Macbook right after I fire the shutter release. If I could also see the histograms, that would be great. And even better if I could select part of the image and see the histograms for the selection. Does anybody have a successful experience doing this? Yes, that's called tethered shooting and does provide the benefits you mention. Just open photoshop (bridge I guess now) in the landing folder and it should update as new shots come in so you can make selections & get local histograms. I'm not sure which software for Canon but I've used this on a Nikon and it opened in the remote control program for basic review although I preferred to use irfanview or PS for better control. There are 3rd party solutions too but the camera manufacturer's software should let you control all functions & settings of the camera from the laptop which is more convenient: testing DOF with the aperture, white balance, etc. DPP, Digital Photo Pro, which came with your 5D is what you'd want to try first. At MacWorld yesterday I saw and used a 2 Gig card that's a tad unusual in that it will, over Wi-Fi, send your images to your 'puter. -- john mcwilliams |
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