Hello all,
I have tried Auto, Aperture priority, Program mode and now 100% manual and I am still doing something wrong.
I can get my image looking good but the image will go on a website with a 100% white background.
I can't use a flash as the items I am taking pictures of have a reflective surface and cause major issues with a flash.
Here are my current setting (even though I've gone all over above and below these settings:
Custom white balance - Set spot for focus area and it comes up as 5300k
50mm Sony lens (I'll have to find model if it is important but not the kit lens.).
f/4
1/250 sec
2000 ISO (not needed to be so fast but tried for light)
No flash
Creative style set for standard
DRO Auto
Shooting RAW and JPG.
I can load the JPG in gimp and do a sample of the background and it shows as around R240 G241 B243 (obviously different in different locations but all pretty close). Raw image shows in percentages and those are around R 89.8% G 90.2% and B 92.3%.
I am trying to avoid much post production changes because even with my best attempts to replace the background with a pure 100% white the object gets choppy along the edges when zoomed in. I also don't want the object I'm taking pictures of to be too enhanced. Some settings I've tried (and I've tried a lot) make it look very standout and better than real life. I want true to life not enhanced.
I am considering buying a gray card and trying that as that is what my reading seems to say is the magic fix but it just surprises me I can't get pure white background when I meter off the pure white background and use daylight photography bulbs.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Mike
I have tried Auto, Aperture priority, Program mode and now 100% manual and I am still doing something wrong.
I can get my image looking good but the image will go on a website with a 100% white background.
I can't use a flash as the items I am taking pictures of have a reflective surface and cause major issues with a flash.
Here are my current setting (even though I've gone all over above and below these settings:
Custom white balance - Set spot for focus area and it comes up as 5300k
50mm Sony lens (I'll have to find model if it is important but not the kit lens.).
f/4
1/250 sec
2000 ISO (not needed to be so fast but tried for light)
No flash
Creative style set for standard
DRO Auto
Shooting RAW and JPG.
I can load the JPG in gimp and do a sample of the background and it shows as around R240 G241 B243 (obviously different in different locations but all pretty close). Raw image shows in percentages and those are around R 89.8% G 90.2% and B 92.3%.
I am trying to avoid much post production changes because even with my best attempts to replace the background with a pure 100% white the object gets choppy along the edges when zoomed in. I also don't want the object I'm taking pictures of to be too enhanced. Some settings I've tried (and I've tried a lot) make it look very standout and better than real life. I want true to life not enhanced.
I am considering buying a gray card and trying that as that is what my reading seems to say is the magic fix but it just surprises me I can't get pure white background when I meter off the pure white background and use daylight photography bulbs.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Mike
