William Sommerwerck wrote:
I was making the point that Live View is a good way to get accurate
color
balance at the time the photo is taken, especially under light sources
without continuous spectra. The issue is not whether a camera can take
raw
and compressed images at the same time, but whether one /needs/ a
properly
balanced JPG image /right away/. This is impossible with a raw file.

And how would you suggest that someone gets around that problem? It's
not always practical to shoot a white card & create a custom WB at the
time. (And in my case, I can't do it because the light's changing too
fast to get a useful WB from a white card anyway.)

Is deliberately misreading and misunderstanding what people post your
principal hobby?

Nobody else seems to have a problem with my posts.


Maybe the other people understood what I was talking about. Imagine we were
having a similar conversation 20 years ago...

Me: Polaroid prints can be really handy if you need an immediate picture,
such as when you have to meet a newspaper deadline.

You: But you can get better quality by taking the photo on conventional film
and printing it just the way you like.

Me: Yes, but you won't have it ready in time. The Polaroid gives you the
picture immediately.

You: Printing a negative gives you control you don't get from the instant
print.

Me: [bangs head repeatedly against the wall]

What's been confusing me about what you've been saying is that you've
been talking about checking your WB in LiveView. If you're just saying
that you're happy with a JPEG that's using one of the standard WB
settings, then sure, you can use the image right away, & what you're
saying makes sense.
OTOH, I've been talking about a *real* WB, which requires either a
white card shot to set a custom WB, or tweaking the WB of a RAW file on
my PC.
Now if you want *both* options, you shoot RAW+JPEG, which is what I do.

Does that make things a bit clearer?

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