University of Notre Dame Photographer and all-around National Treasure Matt Cashore (just back from shooting the Super Bowl) checks in via email with the following commentary on the White Balance post below:

Ya know, Nikon’s Auto White Balace is probably the best out there.  Not perfect–nothing is–but it’s gonna be right about 90% of the time.  Only stuff like compact fluorescent light bulbs or the McKenna Hall auditorium will be outside it’s ability to produce good results.  There should be a white balance setting of ‘A’ somewhere on your menus.  It will keep you from making Nunemaker look like a smurf.  I trust it–I shot the Super Bowl on ‘A’.  Didn’t help me get Santonio Holmes in focus, but he WAS correctly color-balanced…