I've found using AWB yields consistent results in most lighting situations. I then adjust to the color temperature I want in the Adobe RAW converter. On Sep 30, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Could be - depends on how much of each frame was in shade or > sunlight. I > noticed the same thing once when photographing my friend's cats. > Although > the light didn't change, depending on where in the room they were, the > results changed a bit. You might try auto white balance and see if > that > helps, but mixed light can sometimes be tricky. > > Moving the color temp slider can often help quite a bit, but sometimes > you've got to go further, even outside ACR. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Mat Maessen > >> I think I asked about this once before, but I'm not sure if my post >> made it to the list. >> I just ran into the problem again, so I'll ask again, and see if the >> list has any wisdom. >> >> I just shot a series of 5-6 shots, in raw mode, on my DS2, out my >> kitchen window, of items in my backyard in sunlight, shade, and mixed >> sun/shade. White balance on the camera is set to daylight. >> >> When I import the raw files into Adobe Camera Raw, and set the camera >> raw white balance setting to "as shot", the color temperature and >> tint >> values are different on every one of the shots. >> >> Is this correct behavior? Why wouldn't it be the same for a de-facto >> "daylight" shot? I assume Camera Raw is getting the white balance >> values from something in the EXIF data on each raw file. If so, >> why is >> the camera setting that differently for every shot? >> >> Does anyone have some better "defaults" for daylight/cloudy/shade >> white balance than the ones in Adobe Camera Raw? They seem to look a >> bit too red/yellow to my eye, and I usually have to add some tint to >> get them to look right. It doesn't seem to be very consistent though. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
