Hey OSP!

I was just wondering about color temperature. I honestly don't know much about the topic and was hoping you could fill me in! My camera was set to 5200k when I first cracked open the box... so I just left it there! But as I was calibrating my monitor just now, it had suggested 6500k as a common setting.

What is the correlation? Does it matter than they are set differently? Am I a loser for not knowing these answers? Is anyone else in GA tired of the varying temperatures outside?!? What does it all mean??

Thanks!

Color temperature on your camera is something you can set directly in order to have more control over the white balance. (You set it to match the temperature of the lighting.) But you have to select that mode specifically for it to have any effect - and it's not relevant at all if you're shooting raw.

Color temperature on your monitor affects how images look on screen - but should be handled according to your calibration device/software anyway.

Nam, I know little about color management, so Im in the same boat. The deeper we get into this, the more I feel I need to know.

Yes, GA weather is something else right now. I just heard it was snowing in Ball Ground, which is just north of Canton. Of course, 2 weeks ago when it was 90 degress, the a/c in the house was broken. Now that its fixed, its snowing...go figure!

your camera will only use the 5600K if you move the white balnce to K instead of any other white balance setting. i also do believe this would only help if you shot jpg.

If you set the correct temperature than you don't have to correct it later. I shoot to not

have to change anything or as little as possible.

I love the fact that you con go by the temperature.

You can actually learn to read the color temperature by eye and be pretty close.

You can also memorized the temperature of the various lights.

Maybe someone can give us a chart?

You can also purchase a temperature reading chingadera, but they go for about $1200.

I just found this!


Temperature Typical Sources
1000K Candles; oil lamps
2000K Very early sunrise; low effect tungsten lamps
2500K Household light bulbs
3000K Studio lights, photo floods
4000K Clear flashbulbs
5000K Typical daylight; electronic flash
5500K The sun at noon near Kodak's offices :-)
6000K Bright sunshine with clear sky
7000K Slightly overcast sky
8000K Hazy sky
9000K Open shade on clear day
10,000K Heavily overcast sky
11,000K Sunless blue skies
20,000+K Open shade in mountains on a really clear day

You don't have to correct it as much.