Color temperature - White balance settings
Color temperature - White balance settings | ||
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The white balance setting is an important one that you must set correctly to get photos with accurate colors. When you set the white balance setting to match the light source, white will be white and all other colors will be as they should be. When the white balance setting is not correct, the photos will have an unwanted color cast, as was the case with the wedding photos shown earlier. Most digital cameras offer an 'auto white balance' setting that generally is quite good at minimizing color casts. However, you may find that you get better pictures when you use a specific setting to match the light source in the scene you are shooting. This is especially true if you shoot in a room with fluorescent or tungsten light; in these cases, use a fluorescent or tungsten setting to match the light source. You generally change the white balance through a menu displayed on an LCD monitor that you access with a dial or button. Because using a correct color temperature (white balance setting) is so important, many vendors are increasing the number of available settings. For example, the Canon PowerShot G2 offers eight different white balance settings. They are Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, and Custom. Learning about the different white balance settings offered by your digital camera, and using the most appropriate white balance setting for each photo you take, helps you get better photos.. | ||