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Many years ago, long before auto everything, many of us used a hand held exposure meter to determine exposure. But things have moved on, a bit! Nowadays, whilst auto everything is the way to go, I find that 'auto white balance' in some situations is not that brilliant really. So, my question is...

In September 2023 I had a day walking around Verona. All images taken with a Rolleicord Vb on a mixture of Ilford FP4 and HP5.

From time to time I set my camera to 'auto white balance', particularly if I am shooting my dog indoors under artificial light. Colour wise, the results are reasonably accurate. However, sometimes I forget to change it before I take my dog out in the morning, and the colours, especially in the...

White Faced Ibis with new chick

So I'm totally mirrorless now. R5, R7 and 4 RF lenses. Completing the set was an RF 70-200 f/4L. It's great. It folds up tiny. It's practically the same size as my RF 24-105 f/4L, which is black, as it should be. Big white Canon lenses stick out because they're big. They're white too, but...