I have set all my digital cameras to Sunlight since Ken, some years ago,
recommended this as a good way of working. I have not been disappointed with
that way of operating, with either RAW or JPEG files.
Chris
On 20 Nov 13, at 16:03, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chuck, you and I operate in a similar manner. I prefer to lock things
> down to a known. Also, since I tend to shoot a bunch of film along
> with digital (or instead of), I like having the film and the digital
> camera matched. And all my films are daylight balanced.
>
> The problem with white balancing an image comes in with mixed
> lighting. What if you have a scenic that is partically in the sun and
> partially in the shade? What about post-sunset? Oh brother, do things
> get nasty in a hurry.
>
> An aide, like a WhiBal or Expodisc are very handy in some artificial
> lighting situations. Sports venues are a good example of this. The
> lights may appear to be daylight balanced (or close), but they do so
> through a low CI. What you think is white is a combination of several
> narrow band colors that don't quite exactly match our RGB array.
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