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Old 05-28-2009, 10:05 PM   #1
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what settings do you use for taking photos with actinics only?


what settings do you use for taking photos with actinics only?
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Old 05-28-2009, 11:51 PM   #2
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Good question that I would like to know the answer to as well. I think someone mentioned something about white balance before, but I am not sure what that is or how to set it on the camera I currently have.
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Old 05-29-2009, 05:37 AM   #3
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Hopefully Crvz can chime in a recall him winning a photo contest. I think the photo he post was some palys' under actinics!
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Old 05-29-2009, 06:08 AM   #4
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I don't know if they do change the setting so I'd just like to know(but I don't usally like it.But for Aquawolfs question,You need to go into your menu and find white balance and you adjust itby putting up in front of the camara something pure white(could be a piece of paper) and you adjust the camara till it makes your pics the same color.
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Old 05-29-2009, 10:03 AM   #5
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Pelagimagic,
The white balance is the key. Wether you key in your white balance while shooting or in post production, it has to be set correctly. An good way to set the while balance is with a grey card. Take a single shot with a grey card in the frame and then take a shot without it. In post production, adjust the color balance or white balance to set it so that the grey color is accurate. Once complete match those adjustments to the shot taken without the grey card.

Other items of note which you may have already considered:
-Use a tripod if available. If not, place the camera on a stack of books or boxes.
-Use a timer feature or remote release if available (prevents any camera shake)
-Of course.... do not use a flash (kind of self explanatory, but I wanted to mention it)


I noticed while working with a couple of people who shot with Nikon (2 different DSLR models), that the camera had a very hard time using the auto white balance feature when shooting under actinic lighting. Canon's auto white balance seemed to have better out of the box results.

Good luck.

btw... Don't you have a B&B in St. Augustine? ...or maybe it was someone else.
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Old 05-29-2009, 11:45 PM   #6
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thanks chiapet, the white balance was key. I dont have B&B, thats greyout.
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I've done a number of things, sometimes I just leave them as is, sometimes I use photoshop's auto adjust, sometimes I use automatic white balance settings, but mostly I use custom white balance and photoshop auto adjust (ctrl+shift+L ). That's about the only thing I use in photoshop.
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