A7iii: Help me get the AWB right

[Lescatalpas]

2 hours ago, Bennel said:

Sry if iam confused here. The image data in the RAW file is not changed, this is absolutely clear. But the camera has set a WB for the RAW. I think we all know this is a fact. I can set another WB for every image or use a preset and so on. But this is not what iam trying to achieve here. My problem is that the choosen WB is too warm in a lot of pictures while other systems get it way better. iam not talking of studio work but mainly for travel and landscape where i dont want to use my grey card all the time.

For the RAW converter: i just installed the trial version of ON1 Photo RAW 2019 just to test this out. Although iam not used to the software I gave it a short run and edited both files just for exposure and contrast very slightly. The difference in WB is the same as in Capture One although it looks different because the software starts the editing process from another point.

Again, iam sorry if iam understanding something wrong here, but I dont see it is only the RAW converters fault (or on my end).

I just did some trials with my a7r3 on raw files with very different wb settings and included a grey item in the picture. I apologize, you are right, the difference is clearly seen, but, as I stated, when using the grey item as a reference in the raw converter, the results are exactly the same. I come from pentax and with that cam raw was always raw, apparently sony applies the wb setting to the raw file. Having said all that, my cam is always on AWB and RAW, and when I think there is an anomaly in the colors, I easily correct it in post. Most of the time I change the wb on purpose in post to create an atmosphere more appropriate to the circumstances, not because I think the camera had it wrong. In the end it is as the video above: Is my red the same as your red. Again, accept my apologies for creating the confusion. 

[sixzeiss]

The camera puts the WB setting into the Metadata of the RAW file, and that WB setting is used for the "preview" image which is embedded in the RAW file. And that setting is used (initially) by Raw converters when first converting the RAW data.

Your problem is with the AWB feature. Simply don't use that.