Interesting article

To add to the heat of color temperature debate, as my daughter put it:

http://etcetera.cc/pub/index.php/article/articleview/12/1/5/

 

Dear Gale,

"The Kelvin scale in color theory is based on the blackbody curve locus, which indicates what color a perfect blackbody radiator would reflect, if heated up at different temperatures measured in Kelvin. As a single parameter this is too limiting, or even outright misleading for all possible light situations, so the actual color temperature should also be annotated with a second parameter indicating how far away. and in which direction from the blackbody locus the actual value is."

This simply means that color temperature in Kelvins is not sufficient to set WB - it can be set only for very simple lighting situations.

 

My older daughter, 23, big pain   And I'm her father.

Little bit more complicated, especially in case of light sources with line spectrum. Nikon is using simplified spectral correction, and you can not imitate that even with click on gray. First you need to choose correct light source at least to allow algorithm to work.

That is why I think WB coefficients are rather misleading, and compromizing camera capabilities if everything is based on those 2 numbers.

 

It really depends on the converter used. For NC and RML it is choosing the type of light and compenstion; then setting WB from neutral subject. We will add some options for white balance to support independent setting of white balance sliders and type of light. We are also working on support of light spectrum readings EyeOne Photo provides.