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Old 29-04-2010, 06:57 PM
bloodhound31
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White balance in Astrophotography

On the Canon camera's (and most others) there are preset white-balances for daylight, shade, cloud, tungsten, fluro, flash and a custom WB function as well.

Now, while these are pretty easy to grasp, and adjust according to different types of terrestrial lighting, when shooting through a telescope at deep space objects or planets, how relevant are these settings? Is there an optimal WB to choose for all astrophotography or does it change according to the target? I would imagine it would not change.

Does it change if you shoot in RAW or JPEG?

Baz.
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