<p>Yes! Think about it, cameras capture individual channels RGB. Depending on the white balance you are going to need a varied amount of these values to get the correct exposure considering what white balance you want. <br>
You can always change the WB in raw afterwards, but the biggest issue is that if you expose your file with the incorrect WB, your histogram/file are kafluy! You end up stretching certain channels, and when you correct in post (even with raw) it produces strange color results.<br>
In summary: <br>
It does matter.<br>
Cameras expose each RGB channel according to the WB set at capture time<br>
Incorrect WB might result in an improperly exposed RAW file<br>
Correcting under/overly exposed files can and generally will produce bad color.</p>
Is White Balance in Camera Important while shooting Raw?
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<p>Yes! Think about it, cameras capture individual channels RGB. Depending on the white balance you are going to need a varied amount of these values to get the correct exposure considering what white balance you want. <br>
You can always change the WB in raw afterwards, but the biggest issue is that if you expose your file with the incorrect WB, your histogram/file are kafluy! You end up stretching certain channels, and when you correct in post (even with raw) it produces strange color results.<br>
In summary: <br>
It does matter.<br>
Cameras expose each RGB channel according to the WB set at capture time<br>
Incorrect WB might result in an improperly exposed RAW file<br>
Correcting under/overly exposed files can and generally will produce bad color.</p>