Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I usually shoot jpegs too, and often I correct the color balance of interior shots done with incandescent lights, because the Nikons make them too warm. I correct that color inbalance in Photoshop. No problem. No need for raw files. On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Richard Man wrote: > First of all, there are situations where you have to tweak WB multiple > times - again, indoor with multiple sources of light. > > Second, really, forget it. It's not an issue I care passionately about > :-) Normally I click "WB- auto" and I am happy 95% of the time" (and I > meant when I do shoot colors :-) ) LR lets you do things to raw file > over and over again, just forget that I said WB. > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Robert Meier > <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote: >> It was the 'again and again' I was questioning. >> >> >> On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Richard Man wrote: >> >>> Because there may not be one correct white balance? e.g.indoor with >>> multiple light sources. >>> >>> That's besides the point though, the point is that the raw file data >>> is not changed, whether it's WB, or cropping, or dodge and burn >>> etc., >>> if you use something like Lightroom, Aperture or something similar. >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Robert Meier >>> <robertmeier at usjet.net> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Why on earth would anyone want to change the white balance again >>>> and >>>> again >>>> in post processing? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Richard Man wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's the beauty of a raw file, even if the WB setting is >>>>> tagged to >>>>> the file, it does not change the data in the file itself, so >>>>> you can >>>>> change it again and again in post processing. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Herbert Kanner >>>>> <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Not true. I saw the rendering of the DNGs three ways. First, >>>>>> which an >>>>>> application called "Just looking" which directly displays a DNG", >>>>>> second, >>>>>> a >>>>>> contextual menu on the Mac which produces something called >>>>>> "Quick Look" >>>>>> whose appearance is the same as the first thing I just >>>>>> mentioned, but >>>>>> it >>>>>> works quicker, and, third, the appearance in LR3 before I >>>>>> apply any >>>>>> corrections. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>>>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>>>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>>>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>>>> previous replies in your msgs. ] >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >>> previous replies in your msgs. ] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information