Changes in colors in the frame will affect the AWB algorithm as well. Move the camera a little bit and some more red is now in the frame and the WB calculations change. Move the other way, and now there is more green in the shot. etc.
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > AWB will evaluate and adjust the wb setting each time an exposure is made. > They means if you're shooting a lot of exposures around a variety of subtly > different light conditions, each will vary a little bit from the others. Each > frame needs to be adjusted individually. > > Setting any fixed WB setting will hold that setting throughout your shooting. > It might not be optimal for the lighting condition, but if the light is > similar through most of the shoot, one adjustment can be used for most or all > of the exposures. > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 30, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>> On Apr 25, 2014, at 11:26 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>> What white balance do you have your camera set to? In many ways it doesn't >>> matter which one you choose as long as you choose a specific one and *NOT* >>> auto white balance. >>> >>> Auto white balance in the camera will change the white balance for every >>> image. >>> >>> If you choose a specific white balance, even if it's the wrong one, all of >>> the images will be the same. You get the first one color corrected and all >>> the rest can be synchronized to it. >> >> Thanks, John. I find this a bit confusing. You say AWB changes the white >> balance for "every image.” And that with all the other settings “all the >> images will be the same. >> >> What’s the difference? And when you say all the images will be the same, is >> that just saying they’ll be the same till the setting is changed.? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
