Re: Need help interpreting color test results


I'm not sure what exactly you want to achieve, but a better white
balance is not what you will achieve if that's your aim. The principle
of 'custom' white balancing is that you shoot a neutral grey card in a
certain light, so you can compensate for the color cast that this light
source would cause by comparing this shot against neutral grey.
Consequently, the reference shot is normally *NOT* neutral grey, that is
exactly why you use it for white balancing in the first place. Replacing
the reference shot by an artificially made neutral shot will make white
balancing go wrong, not be more accurate. Also, your camera does not use
this reference shot for anything other than to set the white balance to
the light source in question. It is not 'calibrated' against this shot,
nor will it calibrate itself against that shot.


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Hi Johan,
I am not going for accuracy just consistancy.

Thanks,
Ron

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