My camera is a Canon SX50. I thought I was getting adept at adjusting the white balance but lately I've been getting a distinct blue tint to my photos. Obviously I've done something, but don't know what.
Help! ;-)
Thanks, Rob
Are you setting a cusom white balance with a grey card? If you step between the light source and the grey card it will cast a shadow and then when you step out to shoot, you get a blue cast.
If you are choosing one of the other options, try the auto white balance and see if it also has the blue cast.
The auto can have problems when there is nothing truly neutral in the view and it is making choices by what is in view. You can casting from that also.
Personally, I find the Auto White Balance options on my camera almost never get it wrong, so I would try those. PS (Camera Raw 6 and on at least) and Lightroom will allow you adjust WB even on jpegs post edit, FYI.
Not doing anything fancy with gray cards, etc. but typically dial down the aperature setting by 1/3 so my white egrets don't get blown out. May try shooting in RAW, though I've yet to master that element either. Trick for the moment is to find out what I'm doing to get the previously unknown "blue element". Who was it said, "When all else fails, read the directions!?"
Have me a homework assignment for the night. Thanks for the help with the "direction".
I have this camera and as far as I know the only way to adjust white balance in camera is in the functions menu, you may have it set to tungsten (lightbulb)
RAW is good to try, many more options when processing, you can even take RAW and JPEG at the same time with this camera, , but this of course takes up more room on the card and time between shots is greater.
@rob257 I always shoot in both raw and JPEG, way more editing options. The grey card is a good idea but some cameras actually do better with a white card. I just learned that a few years ago myself lol if you are using the available settings both tungsten and florecent give a blue tinge in both daylight and flash settings
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If you are choosing one of the other options, try the auto white balance and see if it also has the blue cast.
The auto can have problems when there is nothing truly neutral in the view and it is making choices by what is in view. You can casting from that also.
Have me a homework assignment for the night. Thanks for the help with the "direction".
RAW is good to try, many more options when processing, you can even take RAW and JPEG at the same time with this camera, , but this of course takes up more room on the card and time between shots is greater.