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Your statement is also naive. White balance set in camera does not affect the raw capture. Only how it’s represented.
by photoGrant 6y ago
Your statement is also naive. White balance set in camera does not affect the raw capture. Only how it’s represented.
- cma 6y agoBut also some cellphones can capture in RAW mode and some cameras can't.
- sudosysgen 6y agoSure, and when they do capture in RAW format the quality is horribly bad and quite soft because no tricks are applied there, and the softness of the lens as well as the low dynamic range of the small pixels really hurt.
- 30minAdayHN 6y agoFair observation. I was talking about what photographer sees on the DSLR display immediately after capturing similar to how a mobile photographer sees.
- blahblah4332 6y agoWhile I agree that RAW capture will provide an improvement in the amount of data gathered from the sensor, and available for adjustments later on, if a user sets a custom white balance while taking a RAW picture, that setting will generally be accepted as a default rendering of the scene in most RAW processing software. This is entirely besides the point because the issue stated here involves color interpretation based on a selected white point. Left to their own devices digital cameras will compensate for scene color on purpose, because 99% of the time people don't want color casts in their photos. The author is trying to blame the camera for people's ignorance of photography, which is just silliness. Don't agree? Set your phone's white balance to daylight for a week and see how often you agree that the captured picture is what you actually wanted