White balance

[Dobick]

I have had my best luck on WB at football games (under the lights) by setting to 3800. That gets it pretty close, and a whole lot more consistent than leaving it on auto. I can tweak it after the fact, but the 3800 gets me in the ballpark.

[rph]

Originally Posted by Chimper

For most gym and stadium lighting the frequency of the lights are slower than your shutter speeds and you will see color shifts. One frame in a motor drive burst will be too magenta, the next too yellow and the next too green. I don't believe any type of custom white balance will help. The only solution is to color correct each image or use strobes to overpower ambient lighting. If there is a better way I don't know and would love to hear it.

I shot another game not too long ago and noticed this. I had NO idea why I was seeing so many color casts and just happened to look through my subscribed threads tonight. Thanks! You taught me something new!!!

[nyphotopro]

Originally Posted by iCe

....I've got an expodisc. It doesn't fit on the end of my 300 f/2.8

Nothing fits on the end of a 300 f2.8, so, the easiest thing to do is shoot the same lighting conditions with a lens that your ExpoDisc DOES fit on and then load that WB profile, remount your 300mm and go off to the races. That's what I do.

That's why I always buy very large filter sizes and lots of adapter/reducer rings. I've got the 82mm ExpoDisc. And I'm going to be buying a 4x6 ExpoFilter for my LEE system.