Manual AW setting for flash? (Digilux 2)

[carlosecpf]

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Hi Guys,

 

I am going to a party tonight and I would love to get your recommendations on how I can setup the AW balance manually to work with the built in flash so it doesn't bring a blueish color cast to the pictures.

I am using a grey card to setup the perfect white balance for the current lightning conditions, but when I fire the bounce flash, everything get a blue cast. I tried selecting the auto flash White Balance, but it brings an yellow-ish color cast... So far, it doesn't seem possible to get the AW right... Is shooting RAW the only solution for this?

 

Thanks in advance,

Carlos

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[daveleo]

Carlos

i just ran through this and it seems to work.

set WB to flash.

take a shot with bounce flash and review it.

go back to setup "WB adjust" and go bluer or redder as desired.

take another shot.

 

i am bouncing off a "white" ceiling .... if it bounced off a colored ceiling or wall, i don't know that you can control the bounce color as well as you'd like.

 

bad news is that if you wander from room to room with different lighting, and your shutter speed is slow (pick up lots of ambient light) , your color will change even though you set it correctly in one room. (i am not lecturing, just "braindumping" )

 

or ..... shoot B&W, kick the contrast setting to high and "go artsy"

[carlosecpf]

Thanks Dave. This seems to work fine!

 

And I like your BW suggestion too! I would love to set the WB using the grey card and flash at the same time, but it doesn't seem possible.