One of the reason I shoot RAW is to not have to deal with WB during the shoot. This is especially true for weddings, where the lighting changes quite a bit and you don't have time to fiddle with it, along with forgetting to change it.
So even on the *istD, I leave it on AWB and set it in the Raw converter. I should mention that the Capture One converter makes it very simple to apply the white balance settings to the rest of the shoot. So usually I just set it for one of the shots and then apply to the rest. If there is a group of shots with a different balance, I set one of those. So for me, it really doesn't matter. That is my real world usage. What I do love is the speed of writing those raw files. My tests indicate about 1 per second. With the larger burst and that write speed, my issues with the D in that regard are addressed. Maybe some others will weigh in on this. -- Bruce Thursday, December 7, 2006, 3:24:44 PM, you wrote: DIS> Well I know I'm not supposed to diss the K10D but the honeymoon period DIS> is over now so, has anyone else got past the glitter and sparkle of DIS> the K10D WB system and actually tried to use it? DIS> All the time I've been shooting using digital SLRs I've preferred DIS> never used AWB and in difficult lighting I prefer to sample WB however DIS> I suspect in trying to make the K10D flexible (or in trying to fully DIS> utilize the WB functionality available on the image processing system DIS> that they chose) Pentax have created a bit of a monster with the K10D. DIS> Apart from the WB presets (which can all be trimmed) it has three DIS> arbitrary colour temperature memories but unlike the old *ist D the DIS> K10D has only one manual WB memory. DIS> Being able to play with the WB on the back of the camera is a real DIS> novelty but not much more than that for me. All I really needed to do DIS> was to be able to sample some standard WB situations (line my studio DIS> cold lights and some experimental LED lighting) and be able to save DIS> them to a discrete memory location (like on the *ist D). Instead with DIS> the K10D, when working in non-standard lighting, I have to sample WB DIS> each session (assuming that I've had to make a manual WB elsewhere) or DIS> I have to try to translate the WB settings reported by PPL to one of DIS> the colour temperature memories (not tried this yet as the PPL sliders DIS> are uncalibrated). DIS> The *ist D manual WB sampling was a bit fiddly but worked well (needed DIS> three hands) and the three memories were very handy, my Oly E10 only DIS> had one memory like the K10D but manual WB sampling was very easy (one DIS> handed so you could have one hand free to hold the white reference DIS> card). The K10D WB system looks pretty and seems flexible but really DIS> just makes the camera unnecessarily complex to use and set-up IMO. DIS> I'd love to hear how other owners are finding the k10D WB system in DIS> use (I have my nicely WB flameproof suite on). DIS> -- DIS> Rob Studdert DIS> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA DIS> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 DIS> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours DIS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] DIS> http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ DIS> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
