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Why would you adjust White Balance in Camera when it's so easy to do in post. (This query came to me as I was looking to assign a button to Area and saw the WB on my Z8 Mode dial)
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If you have the time and interest in adjusting white balance in every image then there's nothing wrong with shooting raw and adjusting white balance in post processing. But getting the image close to correct in-camera, including white balance, can certainly make sorting, image selection and initial processing faster and easier. Also many photographers including event, wedding, sports and other volume photographers may not have the time to fine tune every image they capture so getting everything as close to the final product as possible in-camera can be essential for some.Why would you adjust White Balance in Camera when it's so easy to do in post. (This query came to me as I was looking to assign a button to Area and saw the WB on my Z8 Mode dial)
Thank you for postng this - I found it very interesting. It will make me think more about WB.A very interesting topic - I dont believe there is a "right" and a "wrong" in general terms
Here is an alternative view. I enjoyed watching it
Why would you adjust White Balance in Camera when it's so easy to do in post. (This query came to me as I was looking to assign a button to Area and saw the WB on my Z8 Mode dial)
Why would you adjust White Balance in Camera when it's so easy to do in post. (This query came to me as I was looking to assign a button to Area and saw the WB on my Z8 Mode dial)
If you have the time and interest in adjusting white balance in every image then there's nothing wrong with shooting raw and adjusting white balance in post processing. But getting the image close to correct in-camera, including white balance, can certainly make sorting, image selection and initial processing faster and easier. Also many photographers including event, wedding, sports and other volume photographers may not have the time to fine tune every image they capture so getting everything as close to the final product as possible in-camera can be essential for some.
But as you note, as long as you shoot raw files you can make white balance adjustments in post without sacrificing image quality.
I would not adjust white balance in camera; I keep it on auto warm (or whatever Nikon calls it - it's the A plus sun symbol). I also adjust raw in post when needed.Why would you adjust White Balance in Camera when it's so easy to do in post. (This query came to me as I was looking to assign a button to Area and saw the WB on my Z8 Mode dial)
Yeah, there are many approaches to color correction including using Curves or Levels and their associated eye droppers to rest black and white points. Photo filters can be a quick and easy approach to things like subtly warming or cooling an image similar to what we did with filters in the film days and there are other approaches. But yes, lot's of ways to make color adjustments in editing tools and some like using the Levels eyedroppers aren't immediately obvious.It's interesting from a technical standpoint how programs like lightroom do the white balance sliders. It turns out that temperature is exactly the same as going into curves and moving rhe white points.
Moving the temp slider to the left lowers the red channel white point at the same time it raises the blue channel white point. Moving the temp slider right raises the red channel white point while lowering the blue channel white point.
Moving the tint slider to the left lowers the combined red and blue white points but raises the green white point. Moving the tint right raises the combined red and blue but lowers the green white point. Since it is only white point it affects highlights more.
Agreed!Interesting video, but I do not agree that our eyes see at daylight white balance. Our brains adjust the colour of what we see to match our expectations. With daylight balanced film and tungsten lighting, a photo shot indoors has a very yellow/orange cast which is quite different from our experience of how we saw the scene. In other words, our brains do something similar to auto white balance.
Or if they are shooting exclusively with flash and want to warm it up a bit to take off the harsh white of the flash.
Since I am partially red green and blue grey color blind, I do not trust myself to make accurate color changes in post. This is another reason why I prefer a specific WB set in camera.
Thank youHere is my contribution to the "argument", er, I mean understanding!
How to set white balance for perfect landscape colours
How to set white balance for perfect landscape colourswww.diyphotography.net
A very interesting topic - I dont believe there is a "right" and a "wrong" in general terms
Here is an alternative view. I enjoyed watching it