White balance

Howdy peeps, just a question about auto white balance.

I have 2 D4's. If I set them both to auto white balance and take a photo of the same thing, my white balances are quite significantly different? It is all easily fixed in lightroom, but I just thought it strange.

Anyone else experienced this with their cameras? Even if they aren't D4's - has anyone with 2 of the same body noticed different auto white balance between their cameras?

Perhaps 1 firmware is slightly different - I might check that tonight.

Using identical lenses??

No - usually 1 has the 24-70 f2.8 on it and the other has the 70-200 f2.8 on it. Would a lens make a difference to white balance?

I would have to say that's the culprit. As the lens is what is doing the seeing. Does seem strange though.

Hmmm. Good question. On the one hand, doesn't seem like it should, but on the other, I can imagine a different view making for a different result.

Were both set at 70mm?

I think do a test with the same lens and see if it makes a difference.

Saturation, contrast and color can all vary between lenses, but I wouldn't expect much difference between those two lenses.