White Balance

[catchlights]

Hi, read the review of Expodisc, Yes its quite expensive, really like to own one, saw this in PPCP, a cheaper version but not sure is it worth buying ? plse advise, tks

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I have not tried others, the only thing I can tell you is each piece of Expodisc is hand-calibrated. Expodisc already exist during 70's, it serve as using camera to take incident metering by attaching expodisc on the lens, and in digital camera era, it serve as white balance tool as well.

other similar devices, it may serve well to many photographers, so it is up to individuals.

 

[cichlid]

this figures are from my D80 manual. The Auto WB starts at 3500k to 8000k while Incandescent is from 3000k. is that why the indoor AWB is not accurate? Can owners of the Nikon DSLR model compare the figures from the manual?

This is the D80's

 

[ExplorerZ]

this figures are from my D80 manual. The Auto WB starts at 3500k to 8000k while Incandescent is from 3000k. is that why the indoor AWB is not accurate? Can owners of the Nikon DSLR model compare the figures from the manual?

This is the D80's

its just a matter of AI to me... even if AWB is able to go all the way down to 3000k or even 1000k, the camera might not be "intelligent" enough to guess that you are under tungsten WB. there is a different between not enough and not intelligent enough...

 

[zac08]

its just a matter of AI to me... even if AWB is able to go all the way down to 3000k or even 1000k, the camera might not be "intelligent" enough to guess that you are under tungsten WB. there is a different between not enough and not intelligent enough...

I guess it's more of a unable to tell difference between indoor lighting setups esp when incandescent styled lightings are used. So far, I dun think there is a camera which can AWB for tungsten yet.