Incorect White Balance interpretation

Hi,
I have been trying out Aperture 3 for some days and recently run across something like that: I was doing a session with white balance calibrated manually on my camera to 5300K with -3 tint. Adobe Camera Raw reads white balance setting (As shot) exactly as it was set on the camera. Aperture displays something around 4900K and tint -1. Anyone has the idea why? Is there a way to teach Aperture to read WB as it was set on the camera?
regards,

For the future-- the only thing automatic anything on a camera is good for is quickly setting a balance or an exposure. Then flip it to manual. If you study your monitor on set, you'll find stuff you will want to tweak anyway-- lighting adjustments, dialing back half a stop, etc. I almost always shoot at least half a stop under, so I have a little more latitude during color correction.
The light meter is almost a lost art-- because everyone seems to think the camera IS a light meter. There are a bunch of hoops to jump through to understand a light meter viv a vis video exposure- but it is darned useful in lighting your set-- experimentation will tell you how you want your shadow areas to be exposed, how many stops difference do you want your subject and bg to have?

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    APPLE COMPUTER:
    THREE BASIC QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
    1. HOW DOES THE WHITE BALANCE TOOL WORK IN APERTURE?
    2. HOW DO YOUR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND "PHOTOGRAPHIC CONSULTANTS" USE IT TO SET WHITE BALANCE?
    3. WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND/OR DIFFERENCES IN ITS USE AS COMPARED TO SIMILAR TOOLS IN CAPTURE ONE PRO AND ADOBE PHOTOSHOP?

    Test Results:
    Aperture 1.1:
    Image Temperature: 3594
    Tint: -17
    When using the white balance tool on a white section of a photo, the RGB values changed from R 255 G 234 B 192 to R 255 G 230 B 197 and the Temperature changed to 3946 and Tint to 12.
    The photo still remained unacceptable.
    When usint the white balance tool on a grey section of the same photo, the RGB values cahnge from R 211 G 178 B 126 to R 208 G 180 B 162 and the Temperatue changed to 3154 and Tint to 2.
    The photo still remained unacceptable but was notably improved.
    Using Capture One Pro, the results were as follows:
    Temperatue: 3850
    Tint: -10
    When using the white balance tool on a white section of the same photo, the RGB values changed from R 255 G 241 B 200 to R 244 G 244 B 244 and the Temperature changed to 2500 and Tint to -16.
    Photo was very acceptable with no perceivable colour cast.
    When using the white balance tool on a grey section of the same photo, the RGB values changed from R 190 G 153 B 108 to R 153 G 153 B 153 and Temperature to 2550 and Tint to -2.
    Photo was very acceptable with no perceivable colour cast.
    From this quick test on a photo, I can draw the following conclusions:
    1. Aperture interprets temperature and tint data differently from Capture One Pro, although this likely due to the use of a camera profile within Capture One Pro;
    2. Using the white balance tool in Aperture on a "white" section does not neutralize the RGB values;
    3. Using the white balance tool in Aperture on a "white" section does not correctly remove a colour cast within a photograph;
    4. Using the white balance tool in Aperture on a "grey" section does not neutralize the RGB values; and
    5. Using the white balance tool in Aperture on a "grey" section does not correctly remove a colour cast within a photograph, although it does work better.

  • White balance in kelvins

    Can anyone please explain the difference between adobe camera raw white balance settings (temperature and tint) and white balance in the camera which is measured in kelvins.
    let's say i like 5350 for temperature, and  -8 for tint white balance settings. how much would that be in kelvins on my camera?
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    Temperature = degrees Kelvin. That's the blue/yellow axis that refers to black body radiation as it heats up ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation ).
    Tint is just the other axis at 90 degrees to that. The tint axis is green/magenta.
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  • White balance settings always display 5000K 0 Tint

    Been searching on this, found a few things, but nothing helpful.
    In the past few weeks, it appears that Aperture is no longer interpreting my cameras white balance settings properly. The colors themselves are fine, however, the adjustment applet always shows 5000k with 0 tint. I'm not quite sure when this started, but it's quite frustrating. This appears to be happening on everything newly imported. (I can only verify JPG at the moment, as I'm seeing this on a Canon S95 and 60D, which both don't have RAW support yet in Aperture).
    Anyone ever see this happen, or no of a solution? I'm using Aperture 3, latest updates etc. on OS X 10.6.4. My older files all appear fine, it's just these recents, from these two cameras. Unfortunately, I've sold my other gear, and don't have an older cam around to test. Either way, other products, Adobe, seem to be reading things properly.
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    So all these files are JPEGs?
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  • Help with RAW files and custom white balance.

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  • Another white balance presets/settings question

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  • LR4 White Balance Numbers Differ w/ Nikon D4 and D3s

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    Quote: 
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  • White balance issues after ProKit Update 5.1

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    http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbc87b2/0

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  • Does Aperture always apply white balance to RAW files?

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    Hi Nathan -- I was hoping someone much more informed than me would weigh in with some engineering truth.  All I got on offer is the thin gruel of observation.
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    I am happy for any clarifications or corrections.

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