'as shot' in RAW

[nathan_rigg]

<p>I have been setting the white balance to 'day light', however when I come to process my shots the setting is 'as shot' which is usually a horribly over exposed image.<br>

Am I doing somwething wrong 'in camera'?<br>

Thanks</p>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>The white balance has little effect on exposure, so I'm a bit confused.<br>

<br /> What raw conversion software are you using?</p>

[Matt Laur]

<p>You might be confusing "low-contrast" with "over exposed." Without any contrast or saturation treatment, RAW files will indeed look drab and lifeless. That's normal. They're <em>supposed</em> to look like that until something (the camera, as it makes a JPG, or your software, as it applies default or other processing) does something to optimize them for typical use.</p>

[nathan_rigg]

<p>I'm using he RAW conversion SW with Elements.<br>

Apologies, i'm not an expert! I mean the colors when 'as shot' are very deep almost as if the shot is under exposed (not over!)</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

[nathan_rigg]

<p>thanks, sorry for the confusion.<br>

the shot looks as intended when I set to 'daylight' on the RAW sw.<br>

why does the sw set the shot to 'as shot'?</p><div></div>

[nathan_rigg]

wb set to 'daylight'<div></div>

[digitaldog]

<p>Assuming an Adobe converter, "as shot" is using the EXIF suggestion for WB but this is just a suggestion and plays no role on the actual Raw data. So you can use the suggestion or pick something else to produce a color appearance you desire. </p>

[mark_sirota1]

<p>"As Shot" is the white balance setting you used in the camera. "Daylight" is a custom white balance set in the raw converter.</p>

[geoffs1]

<p>I believe you can set the default white-balance in Adobe Camera Raw to whatever you want. I have mine defaulted to "Daylight", for example.</p>

<p>BTW, I've noticed that ACR's "Daylight" is different from the "Daylight" from my Canon 20D and 40D (temperature and amount of green/cyan correction).</p>

[ed_lusthoff]

<p>It looks like you're shoot in the 3200K 3500K range, Tungsten lights instead of 5500K daylight. I would recheck your settings on the camera or try a filter.</p>

[trevans]

<p>Maybe you guys know the answer, but I suspect that the camera is also applying a custom curve to bump the contrast in the midtones. Might this also be contributing? I'm looking at the point where the robe crosses the shadow on the wood for reference.</p>

[nathan_rigg]

<p>Thanks for your answers, I did in fact have the camera set to tungsten. I must have done this error and the symbols look similar!</p>