you got my raws right?

 

Yea I did... Do you know how to set a custom white-balance?

 

yah. i attempted my best to do it.

 

What did you use to take a reading from?

I mean a custom, not the preset Flash, Cloud, Sun, Tungsten, Flouresent sttings

 

explain this reign..usually on all my pictures I never use the flash and leave my camera on auto with white balanace while shooting in RAW format does this lead to the best picture? I figure why fool with the white balance when you can change it in PS.

 

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If you edit the RAW then WB doesn’t really matter because it can be changed. But the goal is, at least in a professional capacity is to have the best image straight out of the camera, because post processing takes time, and time is money. Yea it might take you 10min to set a WB, but if your shooting in the same light, you don't have to manually edit 50-300 pics in PS to correct the WB later.

 

what do you mean take a reading from? i just scewed all the different bars until i was satisfied with the balance.

 

I have a question though? If you change the WB in the camera to another setting than Auto will it actually be imprinted on the file or does it mater in RAW? I believe next time I do shoots I am going to do the RAW+jpeg file saving.

 

If you shoot RAW+JPEG it will save the WB info to the JPEG, which cant be changed. but the RAW file could be adjusted from "As Shot" to a different setting.

 

so do you understand what i did reign?

 

That would probably be my best bet right there...so if the jpeg didn't have that good of a WB i could revert back to the RAW and fix from there. Spectral do you use the flash on the camera much at all? I never have to be honest.

 

On camera flash is FTL

exactly

 

Thanks for helping me realize some things reign.....and I figured it did thats the reason I never use it...maybe I will invest in a good flash eventually.

 

no i dont use my flash at all...i did in the very beginning but reign yelled at me not too haha

 

Haha yes whenever I first got my camera I loved how the flash popped up pretty much amazed me...but I hate it anymore...don't even have to worry about it anymore at all since I shoot in manual mode.

 

haha since i couldnt figure manual mod out for the life of me the damn flash wouldnt go away haha

 

Yea, Nikon flashes are actually pretty decent. ( you didn't hear that from me)

If you want a down and dirty, inexpensive off camera flash, check out:
http://www.mpex.com/page.htm?PG=Strobist%20Kits

You will need the Starving Student No PC Kit (SN1), or the Starving Student Wireless Kit (SW1) for the D40(x)

 

another pic.

reign what are some good uses for a flash??

 

Doing stuff like the blog I posted earlier with the S15

 

i wanna do **** like that sooo bad lol
those pictures were AWESOME.

 

Off Camera flash is a bit advanced tho; you really have to understand metering, and equivalent exposures; along with knowing your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO scale from memory.

 

Same here..may look into that...right now I just need a better lens I think...the kit lens isn't all that awesome.

 

its decent for everday shots but i this lens is a lot more towards the thing i like to photograph.

 

See I love nature photography love the wide angle shots want a 12mm...but they are $600..so I may just go with what you got for car photography which I love as well...$300 right now is more in my price range..maybe later on I can see spending that much money...later whenver I get another body and yes I'm going to say this but my next body will most likely be a canon....

Question spectral whenever you shoot in RAW does your pictures tend to have a bluish tint to them..mine tend to. WB way off haha.