do you use auto for white balance?

[kgreen]

I was curious as to what most people do regarding white balance. Is it more common to use the auto white balance? Or do you manually switch the majority of the time.

 

[mamaCta]

I switch through the presets if auto isn't good enough. I only do custom if I am doing a lot of photos in a controlled environment.

 

[DoDaLeCa]

I usually shoot AUTO in RAW but will change to something like Fluorescent or Tungsten if I'm shooting a lot indoors under specific lighting (saves me some time on switching them all later but easy enough to batch sync WB in Lightroom).

 

[WDWFigment]

Always auto.

 

[bob100]

I was curious as to what most people do regarding white balance. Is it more common to use the auto white balance? Or do you manually switch the majority of the time.

always auto
(but I shoot in RAW and will sometimes make WB adjustments)

 

[photo_chick]

I always shoot RAW so I leave the WB on auto.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Auto mostly, but I do switch and use Cloudy, Tungsten and Flourescent as required for the lighting conditions.

 

[JoeDif]

I've found the auto WB on my OM-D to be very good so I just leave it there and make any minor tweaks in Lightroom

 

[mom2rtk]

I usually go with auto since I'm shooting RAW and can adjust it in post.

I occasionally switch to tungsten when I'm shooting in my house, or fluorescent when I'm shooting some sport in a gym, but that's not very often.

 

[Shutterbug]

If inside I will shoot auto, unless I see its having problems. Then I will switch it it over. Outside I am almost always in sunlight mode. I hate post processing so I usually try to get the camera to do as much as it can.

 

[littlekidagain]

I too always shoot raw. If there is a problem I make the change in LR.

 

[nuggies5]

I always shoot Auto WB

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

Most of the time it is AWB, just because most of my shots are outside involving fast action, I don't have time to adjust it. I just try to keep up with the changing lighting conditions. That's enough to worry about! If I'm shooting inside, something like gymnasiums, then I will take the time to make an adjustment. I just put it into Live View and flick through the presets until I see what I want.