I can do that shooting RAW as long as my exposures are accurate and repeatable. jpeg leaves too much to chance. in fact, Rob wasn't talking about shooting jpeg. I have had situations where I set white balance. For example, when shooting cars where original paint color was important. But generally, I trust my judgement to arrive at a color temperature. I like to apply my aesthetic judgement to the photographs I make. I'm not trying to be a Xerox machine. I'm making pictures.That's the way I work. Paul On Dec 7, 2006, at 11:39 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Re: K10D WB system observations > > >> I shoot only RAW, so I always use AWB and correct the color >> temperature >> in conversion. Shot a wedding today (about 300 frames) in various >> kinds >> of light. No time to fool with WB. Much easier to adjust it when >> converting. I don't understand why anyone would want to play with WB >> unless they're shooting jpegs. And I don't understand why anyone >> would >> want to shoot jpegs. > > Wants don't always enter into it. > I need to be able to take a card out of the camera and put it into my > printer and make prints. Several hundred prints at a time, and they > have > to be off the printer packaged and out the door within a couple of > hours > of being shot. > For us, RAW is not only not an option, we would be foolish to bother > trying. > Instead, we exercise our control at the time of shooting, by not > varying > the lighting conditions and adjusting things to allow us to do what we > need to do in lab to maintain our production values, while giving > us the > throughput speeds we require. > For me, the tunable white balance is a pleasant surprise, and will > prove > at least as useful as any other of the major features on the K10. > > William Robb > > > > -- > 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
