Originally posted by kittykat46 Even the K-7's much improved AWB doesn't work optimally under all situations.
I didn't expect it too.
Where I live, the daytime sunshine outdoors can be as intense as on the African savannah. Switching to Daylight WB helps warm up the shot to the effect I prefer. All it takes to make the decision (Stay with AWB / set Daylight WB) is to examine the First shot before I start my actual shooting.
The K-7 even allows you to change the WB on the most recent shot without any loss of IQ (like working on a RAW file)
The camera continues to do Automatic White Balance while in Daylight WB, but with a warmer bias.
Its just so much "smarter" than anything I've experienced on the K10D/ K20D...sorry if I sound too much like a K-7 fan...which I am...
Yes, you are right, in general terms the K-7's AWB is much better than the K10D's.
EXCEPT is this yellow / redish environment in daylight.
It is then far of the scale, way to cold. I first thought that there was something wrong with the camera, producing blue instead of black shadows.
It is something for JPEG shooters to be aware of. Black becomes far to blue to correct nicely in PP.
By the way, if people do shoot JPEG, what settings do you use? Natural? Portrait? Landscape? What?
- Bert
PS I'm a
big fan of my K-7 as well, no green line issues etc....