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Capture One White Balance Issue
Jan 1, 2019 02:23:24   #
dandev Loc: Enumclaw, WA
 
I am evaluating Capture One (current trial version on Windows) and ran into a White Balance issue I was hoping someone has seen before.
I tether my Canon 5D3 to my laptop running Capture One and take a photo in Raw. The WB in my camera is set to 5600K. (I'm shooting strobes.)
The metadata for the photo taken in Capture One says it was shot at 5600K. (All good.)
But the photo Kelvin White Balance Setting (Shot) says 5306. The photo looks right at 5600K.
I've tried setting the base characteristics to Adobe RBG (same as the camera) but it didn't make a difference. I've searched the forums and no-one seems to mention it. I tried other K settings, and the same thing - meta data is correct but the WB setting is off.
Thanks for any help you can offer.

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Jan 1, 2019 06:38:15   #
selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA
 
dandev wrote:
I am evaluating Capture One (current trial version on Windows) and ran into a White Balance issue I was hoping someone has seen before.
I tether my Canon 5D3 to my laptop running Capture One and take a photo in Raw. The WB in my camera is set to 5600K. (I'm shooting strobes.)
The metadata for the photo taken in Capture One says it was shot at 5600K. (All good.)
But the photo Kelvin White Balance Setting (Shot) says 5306. The photo looks right at 5600K.
I've tried setting the base characteristics to Adobe RBG (same as the camera) but it didn't make a difference. I've searched the forums and no-one seems to mention it. I tried other K settings, and the same thing - meta data is correct but the WB setting is off.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
I am evaluating Capture One (current trial version... (show quote)

Try setting both the camera and Capture One to sRGB.

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Jan 1, 2019 11:26:35   #
dandev Loc: Enumclaw, WA
 
Hi - I tried that. No luck.
Thanks...

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Jan 1, 2019 14:49:21   #
selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA
 
dandev wrote:
Hi - I tried that. No luck.
Thanks...

Capture One recognizes my Df and sets the profile "Nikon Df Generic ". I keep the camera set to Daylight. Both 'Shot' or 'Sunny' in CO give me 5227K, 0 tint (at least in the last session I shot) so at least CO and the Df seem to be coordinated in the WB setting.

I always have my other cameras (D610 and A7 II) set to Daylight but I noticed that 'Shot' and 'Sunny' don't agree.

The WB settings are just a starting point for raw. I often have fiddle with the color to even when shooting in broad daylight because of the light other than sunlight that is striking the subject. Since you are shooting raw with strobes you might be adjusting the color later yourself as well.

Ultimately it's only the WB setting that you deliberately set in CO that matter.

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