Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17

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Subject: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sat Feb 17 15:38:09 2007
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Alastair,

I agree with you on the flaky WB. Auto WB is my observation. I don't  
get the variability from shot to shot if I set the WB manually.

Len


On Feb 17, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

>
> On 18/02/2007, at 10:23, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>
>> I agree with Alastair. I find Auto WB to be the offender. I can  
>> shoot 3 or 4 of the exact same photo within a few seconds and one  
>> may be different. (generally warmer the way Bob Baron shows}. I  
>> now shoot RAW exclusively and find it extremely easy to correct so  
>> I don't worry about it. I also never use AWB indoors.
>>
>> Len
>
> I differ here: I use auto when I'm in a strange light mix: if it  
> works great, I can always adjust it later. George sets the wb  
> manually and I have done this with VERY good results. I think he  
> has a gadget to put over the lens.
>
> Cheers
>
>
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