White Balance

[jon-]

Does any one still use auto white balance?

I don't shoot in raw (yet) and have been really disappointed with the white balance on my cannon 400d thus far, only problem is being my first slr i still find myself forgetting to adjust it!

[Simpo Two]

I use AWB all the time. I certainly don't have time to fart about with grey cards or presetting. The Nikon D200 does a respectable job IMO and if I do want to change it - well, that's a good reason for shooting RAW

[Major Bloodnok]

Yep. Don't bother with anything else (although I'll probably tweak it in Lightroom).

[GetCarter]

Always Auto - when I'm outside.

[BigMansZetec]

Never gone off AWB on my 400D.

[agent006]

On my old D30, no. On the 1d yes, as it has a WB sensor. Not had any problems so far.

[Gingerbread Man]

I forget to take my ISO off 1600 for a weekend away let alone check the white balance is okay for the conditions.

[Jenx]

My 1DIIN has been on AWB since the day I bought it and it's never failed yet.

Martin.

[sidaorb]

I must admit I've always avoided AWB, but having read this I may give it a go on the 1D, another thing I wont have to remember

[jon-]

Gingerbread Man said:

I forget to take my ISO off 1600 for a weekend away let alone check the white balance is okay for the conditions.

LOL I've done that before too

[MonkeyHanger]

AWB works...unless it's under bloody awful lighting like the NEC has

[Olivero]

On my D300 the AWB is fine except for street lights at night - too orange.
Even used Auto for studio sesion and it seemed ok.

[GravelBen]

sidaorb said:

I must admit I've always avoided AWB, but having read this I may give it a go

Same here, have never used grey cards etc but generally use the presets for WB, might give AWB a shot with the D80.

[pcameron]

Setting the white balance manually is great until you forget.

A while back I was taking some indoor shots and had set the camera to Tungsten, I looked out of the window and saw a chance to take some unusual wildlife shots. It was one of those events when I only had time to point the camera and shot away. When I looked at the shots they had a very bad blue hue, so had to reverse that all in the PC, not difficult, but takes time. If I'd tried to change the white balance back I would have missed the shots. I now leave the camera on AWB as much as possible so I don't have this problem.