Digital BW, The Print

> > From: Jeff Medkeff
> > It encrypts user-specified white balance. > I can't see any very good reason to set a 
white balance value in the camera
> before shooting, rather than setting it afterwards while looking at the
> image on a computer screen, if the only thing that that camera setting does
> is establish the default value for the conversion in the computer.
> Paul      

Paul,

The controversy was Nikon encrypted the White Balance for the raw file. Even though the user 
does not set WB for raw, third party raw conversion software could not read the "as shot 
white balance". Basically Nikon was/is trying to force users to buy their Nikon software for 
$100.00.