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<blockquote data-quote="jwstl" data-source="post: 161432" data-attributes="member: 12977"><p>When you shoot Raw the White Balance you select is irrelevant except when viewing the image on the camera's LCD as the WB setting selected in camera is not applied to a Raw image. If it was it wouldn't be a Raw file. When you shoot Raw the preview image you see on your camera's LCD is the jpeg embedded in the Raw NEF. The settings you make in camera are applied to that embedded jpeg but not the Raw file. Here's an analogy: you give a chef the raw ingredients for a meal with a note as to how you want it cooked and a picture that shows roughly how it will look when cooked. That's Raw images. The Raw file contains all the ingredients, the picture of the meal is the embedded jpeg, and the note is the tag that tells your conversion software what the WB setting was. Nothing is done to those Raw ingredients until the chef ( your conversion software) does the cooking. That's the beauty of shooting Raw. You can leave the WB on the wrong setting and all you've done is screw up the preview on screen. The Raw file is not affected in any way. When you open the images to convert, select the correct WB and your all set and have done nothng to negatively affect the IQ.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jwstl, post: 161432, member: 12977"] When you shoot Raw the White Balance you select is irrelevant except when viewing the image on the camera's LCD as the WB setting selected in camera is not applied to a Raw image. If it was it wouldn't be a Raw file. When you shoot Raw the preview image you see on your camera's LCD is the jpeg embedded in the Raw NEF. The settings you make in camera are applied to that embedded jpeg but not the Raw file. Here's an analogy: you give a chef the raw ingredients for a meal with a note as to how you want it cooked and a picture that shows roughly how it will look when cooked. That's Raw images. The Raw file contains all the ingredients, the picture of the meal is the embedded jpeg, and the note is the tag that tells your conversion software what the WB setting was. Nothing is done to those Raw ingredients until the chef ( your conversion software) does the cooking. That's the beauty of shooting Raw. You can leave the WB on the wrong setting and all you've done is screw up the preview on screen. The Raw file is not affected in any way. When you open the images to convert, select the correct WB and your all set and have done nothng to negatively affect the IQ. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD [/QUOTE]
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