Quote Originally Posted by mpphoto12


yeah i dont know how to do custom white balance. i figure a preset one gets pretty close usualy inside a gym. my gym looks really yellow otherwise




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<span style="font-size: small;"]You need a gray card or medium gray colored object Then take a picture of the card at the venue, in your case at court-side with the camera meter facing the court. You can use Program Mode, (Auto ISO, AWB) to take the picture. Then go into the cameras menu and choose "Custom WB regist." it should be beneath White Balance in the Menu, and there should be something that says register the image on the card, scroll down and choose "register image on card" then you should see the picture that you just took and press set, then OK. Then scroll down a a little more in this menu and select set as white balance.


<span style="font-size: small;"]Now go and look at the "White balance" setting and make sure custom is selected, until you get comfortable with it. The choices will be AWB, Clouds, Shade and so forth.., Custom WB is the weird looking icon that looks like a head wearing a bow-tie. Ok.., so I have a vivid imagination.


<span style="font-size: small;"]You can take pictures around the house using tungsten or AWB and then take the same pictures using Custom WB that you set for your home lighting, and you will be amazed at how much more accurate the custom WB is, compared to AWB. I'm usually pretty happy with AWB outside when there is plenty of light. Keep in mind that Custom WB is the most accurate, however the most accurate does not always look the best.


<span style="font-size: small;"]Rich
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