SL3 - white balance

[kengai]

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I normally shoot in DNG and white balance in auto. I therefore have no problem changing the colour temperature in post-production. I find, however, that in all light conditions the auto-balance responds really badly, especially in flesh tones.
How do you adjust it? Any advice?

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[frame-it]

29 minutes ago, kengai said:

I normally shoot in DNG and white balance in auto. I therefore have no problem changing the colour temperature in post-production. I find, however, that in all light conditions the auto-balance responds really badly, especially in flesh tones.
How do you adjust it? Any advice?

examples of light conditions where the skin tone is bad?

night street lights?

Indoor LED lights?

a few example photos??

[LocalHero1953]

I normally shoot the SL2-S under artificial lighting (flash, indoor or stage lighting). Skin tones often look bad even to the eye in these conditions (e.g. green fluorescent lighting, cheap LEDs), so I don't expect a camera to get it right. For flash I use the flash setting, though Leica considers this to be 5500K while Adobe thinks it is 5000K. For stage lighting I usually shoot with fixed WB at 4000K, then adjust in post to something that 'looks OK'. Stage lighting rarely looks realistic. For other indoor lighting I set the WB from a neutral colour (e.g. clothes white, floor grey, stone grey) as a starting point. The white of the eye can be handy if you can see it clearly.

For me the correct white balance is the one that makes my photos look like I want them to look🙂.

Edited July 20, 2024 by LocalHero1953

[hansvons]

On 7/20/2024 at 10:24 AM, LocalHero1953 said:

For me the correct white balance is the one that makes my photos look like I want them to look🙂.

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