Hi Tan, No, on camera white balance adjustment alters the RAW file. Try shooting a RAW in daylight with WB set to tungsten. You'll get a blue image. RAW is nice because you can make further adjustment to WB in the converter, but the "as shot" value is determined by the camera setting. Paul
> > Correct me if I am wrong here, but I thought that if shooting RAW white > balance becomes irrelevant? In the RAW converter, it will bring the image > up and say white balance - "as shot" by default, meaning that no white > balance setting is applied to the RAW file. At least that's how I thought > it worked, sheesh, maybe I've been doing things totally wrong all this time! > > :) > > tan. > > Tanya Mayer Photography > > Brisbane, Qld, Australia > www.tanyamayer.com > Ph +61 (07) 3315 4549 > Mobile +61 0437831247 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Setting White Balance (was: NorCal First Pic) > > > >Does the IstD/IstDS allow WB to be set in Kelvins? > > No, it doesn't. But if shooting in RAW-format, it's posible to see the > Kelvin value in the RAW converter later. > By doing RAW test shots in the different WB settings it should actually be > possible to note down the responding Kelvin values - at least when using > Phase One. Coming to think of it, I'll try to do this. > > The user guide has a table/scale, but it's not directly related to the > standard settings (pictograms) of the camera. > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Frantisek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 12. marts 2005 14:46 > Til: Jens Bladt > Emne: Re: Setting White Balance (was: NorCal First Pic) > > > Hi, > just to add my few eurocents :-) > > I don't believe any auto white balance setting is so good. Even on > caqmeras with superb advanced logic and 30 000 scenes stored in > memory (Nikon D2 series), the AWB gives different and unpredictable > results time to time. If shooting RAW, that's not a big problem, but > into JPEG it is (please others don't tell me I should shoot RAW > then...). For example, I have been shooting an even on AWB and with a > series of almost identical shots (in composition), AWB changed by > about 1000K, from warmer photo to colder photo. That just increases > postprocessing. After that, I found AWB good only in daylight or not > critical light. Anything with mixed light (e.g. daylight plus > tungsten,...) is a problem for AWB. > > Does the IstD/IstDS allow WB to be set in Kelvins? That's something I > have learned from other photojournalists, when on some events, to set > the WB manually in Kelvins. Eventually you will know what under what > lighting works best, just like our Cotty, who can tell colour > temperature of a light down to 10 mireds just by looking ;-) > (videographers usually don't have colour display to check WB before > the shoot). > > Good light! > fra > > >
