Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/14

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Subject: [Leica] Flogging a dead horse, or color balance
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:34:14 -0700
References: <p06240808ca6dc89e4546@192.168.1.104>

Herb, sorry we weren't clear, but that's pretty much what Bob and I
meant.... - the WB is tagged with the file, and some programs may
choose to use it, or not. The actual color data of the DNG / raw file
is not changed.

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
> I think I got the answer. The in-camera color balance setting not only
> affects the jpg if jpg is requested, but it also is carried in the EXIF
> info. The programs that render the DNG apply this setting. LR, of course 
> can
> do what it is requested, but my correspondent told me that if he sets an
> inappropriate color balance in the camera, "auto" in LR makes the picture
> look reasonable, but "as shot" in LR shows the effect of the inappropriate
> in-camera balance setting.
>
> Herb
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>
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