> Nikon RAW is a true RAW file, with the image data in Bayer format from > immediately after A/D. WB is a software process applied after A/D. If you use > Nikon Capture, you can do pretty much anything with RAW.
I'm sure that you are correct but practical experience seems to show that a RAW file with a wb from camera (person, white bg with a value of 240+) has cleaner whites than the same shot without a camera wb. Both processed in capture. The non wb file exhibits a yellow tinge in the areas just before the white is clipped which I found difficult to neutralise in capture. In the wb file the yellow was, of course, not there and further colour correction in capture was achieved easily. If I understand you correctly the 2 files should be identical when in capture if the raw file is indeed raw. My point is that the wb alters the raw file & carries that wb into capture, in this case for the better. Kind Regards Steve Steve Climpson =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
