Auto White BalanceAuto White balance works pretty well in the D300(S). As thecamera’s RGB meter senses colors, it does its best to balanceto any white or mid-range grays it can find in the image.However, the color will vary a little on each shot. If you shootonly in Auto WB mode, your camera considers each image anew WB problem and solves it without reference to the lastimage taken. Therefore, you may see a variance in the colorbalance of each image when using Auto WB mode.The Auto WB setting also has the fine-tuning screenmentioned in Method 2. When you select Auto underShooting Menu > White balance, you can scroll to the right toreach the next screen and fine-tune the colors. I don’t see howthis is particularly useful, since each image is likely to haveslightly different color temperatures to deal with. That wouldmean the fine-tuning would have little value for more than animage or two. If you were shooting in the exact same light fora period of time, I suppose the fine-tuning would be useful;however, wouldn’t it make more sense to do a PRE reading ofthe light for exact WB? This choice will depend on yourshooting style and personal preferences.My Opinion about Auto WBIf you are concerned with a series of images having the samecolor settings so that they look similar and require no extrapost-processing, it is best to actually adjust the WB to one ofthe preset or measured values. This way, each image takenwill have the same color balance. Auto WB takes control of702
