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Labroides Posted at 4-5 22:28
Why run auto white balance on a drone?
Why own a DSLR and put it on auto to take photos?
Answer: Because it's good and deals with changing lighting conditions
"If your auto WB is working properly there's no risk.
I've been using auto WB for mapping and professional photography for years.
It doesn't fluctuate unless it's malfunctioning (like I showed above)."
I'm sorry but I'm going to disagree with you here. OP's example is a great example of why AWB is bad, the soil confuses the camera and makes it think that the colour reflected from it is either too warm or too cold, so it's swinging between values to correct itself. You're probably not going to notice this from photo to photo unless it's going wildly out of range, but when stitched together, it's really apparent.
Now, what's worse with AWB is that when you take the photo you don't know what the WB is that the camera set, so good luck correcting it back to the correct colour when it could be anywhere in the 3200-6000k range. Fix it to 4600k or whatever and you have a baseline you can always come back to and know how to colour correct using a colour checker chart. Even if it's the most orange, sunny, unusual soil you're capturing, knowing the WB will ensure that you know the colour can be accurately corrected to be true. |
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