20D color temp?

What Kelvin do people generally leave it on. I just purchased a used one and while going through the menus, I saw this option. I don't recall seeing that on my 40d but I don't have it in front of me right now

My guess would be 5200

I leave mine on 2900K (30D). That's a good match for my quartz-halogen floods.

-js

Unless you are doing studio work with after market lights, most people leave their camera on auto white balance. This allows the camera to make an attempt to figure out the temp. It over rides the temp that you dial in.

Unless you choose to use K as your white balance setting, then it doesn't matter what value you enter.

If you are using K, then you'll have a specific reason for doing so, and that reason, and the associated lighting, will dictate the appropriate value.

There's no "one size fits all" setting.

To keep it simple at first; AWB, shoot in RAW and adjust the temperature to your liking in DPP or the respective program you convert with.

ronf119 wrote in post #7193270
What Kelvin do people generally leave it on. I just purchased a used one and while going through the menus, I saw this option. I don't recall seeing that on my 40d but I don't have it in front of me right now

Why on earth would you keep the camera set to a certain Kelvin temperature? If you would do this nonsense, you should ask for the color tone as well, as the "color temperature" is a point in a twodimensional space.

I keep it on AWB but shoot RAW. In RAW correcting for the correct WB is pretty easy. If you set your camera at a set degrees Kelvin you're still going to need to correct almost every shot.

If I'm going for low hassle factor and the lighting is pretty consistent I take a shot that includes an 8"x10" Kodak grey card and then it's even easier correcting WB in ACR.

Panopeeper wrote in post #7194797
Why on earth would you keep the camera set to a certain Kelvin temperature? If you would do this nonsense, you should ask for the color tone as well, as the "color temperature" is a point in a twodimensional space.

???

I don't think anyone is suggesting keeping the camera set to a specific color temperature. I certainly wasn't (post #3).

I use the "K" setting when using my own floods. It's quite accurate. When I'm using those lights.

-js

Blue Deuce wrote in post #7193681
To keep it simple at first; AWB, shoot in RAW and adjust the temperature to your liking in DPP or the respective program you convert with.

As an alternative to preset K value, it's fine. However, nothing beats CWB vs a color checker and shooting at the ambient's full cycle speed (50Hz=>1/50, 60Hz=>1/60)

ok. thanks. I was just a bit confused by seeing an option in the menu. I do usually keep it an AWB and shoot in raw and adjust later. On my 40d, I just didn't recall seeing a choice up front like how it is on the 20d