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White Balance

Whether white balance was automatic or set manually. The colour temperature itself is usually only in maker notes.

EXIF tag ID
0xA403
Group
Exposure
Example
Auto · Manual
Editable in EXIF Viewer
Yes

What iPhone writes

Auto.

What dedicated cameras write

Manual covers presets (daylight, tungsten…) and custom Kelvin.

How to view White Balance on iPhone

Open the photo in Photos, tap Share, then View EXIF (EXIF Viewer’s action extension). The field is listed under “Exposure”. Tap Edit to change it, or select several photos in the app to change them all at once. Or drop the photo into the free online EXIF viewer.

Related tags

  • Light Source — The kind of light the camera assumed when setting white balance.
  • Color Space — The colour space the image data is in: sRGB, or 'Uncalibrated' when a wider space such as Adobe RGB or Display P3 is defined by an embedded ICC profile.