Tuesday, 26 May 2015

nikon d810 manual WB is not the same as "As Shot" in Lightroom


It drives me crazy when I set up a custom WB on my Nikon d810 (ex. 6000K) and after importing the photos in Lightroom the Color Temperature shows 6550K even if it's set on "As Shot"



Take a look at the exif data:


White Balance : 6000K


http://i.imgur.com/HrASHYJ.png


How can I fix the problem? Thanks in advance!



Answer



Color temperature is not in the Exif (for Adobe to see). Instead the Exif shows a RGB multiplier value involving conversions. Nikon does not use temperature K internally either. Adobe and Nikon are always a little different that way (numerically). It seems no problem, since we adjust by eye, and never have much clue what the actual lights WB value is anyway.


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