From my reading, the implications of using AWB were most negative under
similar light situations but with slightly different subjects or
compositions - the white balance could vary in those cases. That was why the
recommendation was made to lock in a specific WB that would not be subject
to those variations.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: K-3 firmware update to 1.10
If you're shooting raw awb is as good as any setting, white balance only
really effects the jpeg output of the camera anyway. You can change the
white balance in whatever raw converter you're using. Now there is some
improvement in the histogram display, since it comes from the jpeg
engine, if the white balance matches closely to the environment.
However I pretty sure in most situations awd will do a better job in
most mixed lighting situations.
On 7/15/2014 12:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Ken: has this reading been specifically about the K-3 or just AWB in
general? Cheers, Christine
On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
I've been reading that using AWB should be avoided, as in general it
produces inconsistent results. It's been recommended to select a specific
applicable WB (cloudy, sunny etc what ever is applicable) that will at
least be consistent thru the shoot. Unless of course you set a custom WB.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Aguila"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: K-3 firmware update to 1.10
Thanks for the heads up, Bruce. I’m eager to see what the AWB
improvements will bring. My first and limited impressions so far on the
K-3 is that the AWB is sometimes a bit inconsistent. My thought is the
K5 AWB was more stable and consistent.
Cheers, Christine
On Jul 10, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]>
wrote:
In case you haven't heard, Ricoh released a firmware update for the
K-3 to bring it to 1.10
* Added Diffraction Correction on Lens Correction.
* Shortened processing time for Digital Filter and Color Fringe
Correction.
* Improved stability for AWB (Auto white balance) performance.
* Changed to ISO Bracketing when using Exposure Bracketing on TAv mode
* Improved stability for general performance.
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k3_s.html
I wonder what happened to revisions 1.04 through 1.09 ... ?
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