damian5000
TPF Noob!
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2005
- Messages
- 168
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Website
- www.hilltribez.net
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos OK to edit
My girlfriend is purchasing a Panasonic DMC FZ5...everything sounds great about the camera, except for this:
From DPREVIEW (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz5/page5.asp)
---
In use - especially outdoors - the FZ5 delivers consistently accurate color. Under artificial lighting the results are more patchy. You'll need to use manual white balance under incandescent lighting, though the results from auto white balance under fluorescent lighting are good (much better than the FZ3). When light levels drop (indoors at night) you'll get very orange results under tungsten lights unless you switch to manual WB.
---
My understanding of light bulbs is that all light bulbs are incandescent (?) and that the common everyday light bulb is tungsten (?), so basically anytime she's indoors, to get a decent picture with this camera she'll have to use manual white balance??
How easy is it to manually set the white balance? I mean, would a layman be able to get relatively balanced pictures easily?
My concern is that it might be a pain in the ass for her to take decent looking shots indoors...
Thanks in advance for the help...
- Damian
From DPREVIEW (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz5/page5.asp)
---
In use - especially outdoors - the FZ5 delivers consistently accurate color. Under artificial lighting the results are more patchy. You'll need to use manual white balance under incandescent lighting, though the results from auto white balance under fluorescent lighting are good (much better than the FZ3). When light levels drop (indoors at night) you'll get very orange results under tungsten lights unless you switch to manual WB.
---
My understanding of light bulbs is that all light bulbs are incandescent (?) and that the common everyday light bulb is tungsten (?), so basically anytime she's indoors, to get a decent picture with this camera she'll have to use manual white balance??
How easy is it to manually set the white balance? I mean, would a layman be able to get relatively balanced pictures easily?
My concern is that it might be a pain in the ass for her to take decent looking shots indoors...
Thanks in advance for the help...
- Damian