david_honeycutt1 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Need a little help here....I am shooting with a Nikon Coolpix 5700 and Speedotron Brownline D802, M11 heads, and Photoflex XTC Softboxes. Shooting against a black, white, or gray background, I always get a reddish tint to my studio shots. I can adjust the white balance (set to strobe) to +3 for less red and somewhat cure the problem. But, I don't understand what is shifting the white balance so much.Thanks for your thoughts...David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efusco Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Set the camera WB to Daylight/sunny. Studio strobes are color balanced for daylight film... It won't be perfect, but a lot closer. Alternatively you can (if the 5700 allows) use preset white balance via a gray card. The book says you can use a white card but I've subsequently learned through multiple failed attempts that it's too bright and won't properly allow you to preset a WB. This will be the most accurate WB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepy Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 I don't have the Coolpix Manual - can't find on line. But does the manual say what the temperature equivalent of that setting is? I believe the Speedotron strobes ar 5500K. I set the temperature directly on my Canon... Softbox shouldn't make a difference. I'll assume you don't have red walls. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_honeycutt1 Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 Thanks for all the thoughts.... I'm sure the answer lies in your thoughts and experience. I will begin to experiment. Please take a look at these photos... this is an example of my problem. http://home.comcast.net/~dhoneycutt125/index.html David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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