On 27 Dec 2005 at 18:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> 
> On Dec 27, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
> 
> >>> I wish that the histogram was like the one in CS - Raw, i.e.  
> >>> broken out
> >>> into RGB
> >>
> >> Why? What possible adjustment can you do in the camera that  
> >> affects the RGB
> >> curves?
> >
> > White balance.
> 
> That's only significant if you're storing JPEGs in-camera. The white  
> balance setting does nothing with respect to altering a RAW format  
> capture since white balance is evaluated and fixed at RGB conversion  
> time.

Of course however it's significant given that we were discussing the in camera 
histogram and the saturation blinkies. Both these indicators are affected by WB 
regardless of the output mode due to the fact that they are the derivatives of 
an in camera generated jpeg.


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