Sony a5000 - always way too blue

ps2cho · Jul 23, 2017

I am very limited on DSLR experience, but for the life of me, I cannot get my Sony a5000 to get a color balance even close to real life. I am using the stock 18-55mm lens.

The auto feature on my wifes Nikon D5000 is 20x closer. Is anybody using these Sony NEX/a-xxxx series cameras with any success?

Broadfield · Jul 23, 2017

I would simply recommend adjusting the white balance in Photoshop or similar. Some really good reef photographers don't even bother trying to get the white balance correct on the shot, rather they do it in editing. Then you can adjust it to what your eye sees when you are viewing the tank live.

jsh mee · Jul 23, 2017

I would suggest using a yellow filter on the lense.

brett_schn · Jul 23, 2017

I’m using an a6000. I always use manual everything and I manual adjust the color balance

ps2cho · Jul 23, 2017

So here are some shots using auto...It just seems too bright. Any suggestions?

ps2cho · Jul 23, 2017

I think I just figured it out -- I went into Paint.NET and realized it didn't have much, so I went online and found a plugin back that contains a TON of additional features:
https://forums.getpaint.net/index.p...plugin-pack-for-pdn-v406-updated-feb-15-2017/

As soon as I got the color balance adjusted, it made a huge difference!