At 08:03 AM 8/12/2004, Emily L. Ferguson wrote:OK, guys, I just got my 10D and I'm trying to figure out how to set multiple custom white balances.
The instructions say to shoot something white and get a "standard exposure". Now I'm not sure what Canon thinks is a standard exposure here. For instance, in full sunlight is it with the histogram peak in the middle, or maybe with the histogram peak where it should be for white - way over on the right side? In heavy thunderclouds and imminent rain, should the standard exposure of the white card actually be somewhat to the right side of the histogram?
I just shoot a piece of white paper at standard exposure and it works fine.
Like in Auto mode? So the reference shot is actually gray?
You can't store multiple settings, what you can do is make sure the card you are using has multiple reference shots for custom WB. Then you can go to the menu and use the reference each time you change lighting conditions.
I see.
I don't see a lot of value in this as you can almost always take ten seconds to shoot a piece of paper and set WB to that shot.
Well, I'm not so sure about that on a boat in a storm, but maybe I'll get better at it as I go along.
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