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axle01
11-11-2012, 10:33am
Hey guys i am heading to Cairns to shoot the Solar Eclipse and want to ask what settings i should use.
I have a Nikon D3s with a 300f2.8 lens and a 2x TC and Thousand Oaks solar filter.
I intend to set the camera to 1.5 crop mode and set it to shoot Jpeg on the no 1 card and Raw on the 2nd card.
ISO at 200
I am going to bracket it with 5 shots, 2 under 1 even and 2 over.

Question,,,, i am unsure what white balance to use.

Any help would be appreciated.

phild
11-11-2012, 10:43am
It would be worth heading to the Iceinspace astro site www.iceinspace.com.au , you'll find lots of info there.

William
11-11-2012, 11:42am
If your shooting RAW , Leave it on AWB and adjust later in PP if you need to

ricktas
11-11-2012, 11:51am
White Balance would depend on the conditions on the day. Cloudy, sunny etc. There is not a setting we could tell you that would be accurate all of the time. So agree with the above, use auto while balance.

axle01
11-11-2012, 1:54pm
It would be worth heading to the Iceinspace astro site www.iceinspace.com.au , you'll find lots of info there.

Hey Phil thanks for the link.

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Will and Rick thanks, much appreciated.