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Title: shooting @ 12,000 ft elevation
Post by: wmchauncey on April 20, 2007, 05:40:18 pm

Do I adjust the camera ( canon xti ) for 11,000 degrees kelvin or leave it on auto and fix it in CS3 RAW

Title: shooting @ 12,000 ft elevation
Post by: eleanorbrown on April 20, 2007, 09:36:37 pm

I shoot at 12,000 feet, and sometimes even a bit higher than 13,000 feet, the same way I shoot at sealevel.  don't have to make any adjustments...just leave on auto WB all the time (or sometimes I use Daylight WB). Eleanor

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Do I adjust the camera ( canon xti ) for 11,000 degrees kelvin or leave it on auto and fix it in CS3 RAW
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Title: shooting @ 12,000 ft elevation
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on April 25, 2007, 06:13:22 pm

If you shoot RAW, the camera WB setting is irrelevant. The RAW is tagged with the camera WB setting, but you are completely free to ignore or alter it if you like.

Title: shooting @ 12,000 ft elevation
Post by: alainbriot on April 25, 2007, 08:09:21 pm

I'd leave it on Auto White Balance then adjust the color to my taste during Raw conversion if the image is either too blue or too yellow.

Title: shooting @ 12,000 ft elevation
Post by: couleur on May 07, 2007, 01:02:39 pm

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I'd leave it on Auto White Balance then adjust the color to my taste during Raw conversion if the image is either too blue or too yellow.
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There was once I shoot during autumn somewhere in China. And the AWB screwed all my photos. Only one was edible from RAW. I guess it's because of the weather, when blue skies comes in and yellow and red leaves aren't just noticeable.