kimballistic

You cannot stack multiple long-exposure shots if you want stars that are pinpoint sharp. The world is spinning. Depending on your focal length, 15-30 seconds is the longest exposure you can capture before stars start to streak. The wider the lens (12 mm is a great starting point), the more time you have to work with. See "Selecting Exposure Time" in this article: http://petapixel.com/2014/03/28/prep-work-post-processing-depth-star-photography-tutorial/ In theory you could stack multiple short exposures if they were all taken within the time allowed by the 500 Rule, but the result would be underexposed and the resulting improvement in noise may or may not be worth it. To reduce noise, make sure long-exposure noise reduction is turned on, and experiment with the longer shutter speeds until the stars are no longer sharp. More light collected = less noise.

Batch reprocessing of RAWs into JPGs!

Thank's for the comments aceflibble, I will explore shooting with Kelvin and take another look at Lightroom. This seems useful: http://www.clickinmoms.com/blog/color-by-kelvin-a-better-approach-to-white-balance/

I just really enjoy Fuji's colors, especially from their film simulations. I'd prefer not to give that up. I know Lightroom comes close but it's not close enough, and it's just too clunky in its file handling (no elegant JPG & RAW handling of the same photo, for example, like Aperture used to be able to do).

Hi everyone! Generally speaking I shoot with auto white balance and it meets my expectations about 80% of the time. The other 20%, however, is quite frustrating. For example, I shot an indoor graduation recently on AWB and the white balance changed significantly with each shot depending on what objects I had in the frame and which direction I was shooting in. I totally understand why and I'm not saying this is Fuji's problem. However, in order to get consistent skin tones across the shoot I had to override the white balance on all the photos, something I'm not too keen on doing. I much prefer to use JPGs out of the camera, although I do shoot JPG+RAW in case I absolutely have to do extensive editing. So, any gurus out there have a better idea, one that doesn't require too much fiddling with custom white balances or guessing the tungsten vs. flourescent proportions of indoor lighting? I also have a colorchecker passport but that would really kill the spontaneity of shooting family & friends. I've heard a few people suggest always shooting in daylight or cloudy white balance. Anyone here do that? If so, how's that going?