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Nov 9, 2026 12:53 PM UTC
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How do I get details for White Balance displayed?

I cannot find any details concerning White Balance like Auto1, Natural Auto, Shade, … of my Nikon Z6 ii in Lightroom’s Metadata.  How can I make Lightroom Classic show all EXIF data?
 

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    Per Berntsen
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    Community Expert
    Nov 9, 2026 4:02 PM UTC

    Another option is the inexpensive RawDigger (for raw files only), which will display white balance and lots of other stuff in the Maker Notes section of the Exif panel.

     

     

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    dj_paige
    Legend
    Nov 9, 2026 3:43 PM UTC

    I think you would have to use the freeware Exiftool to see those EXIF.

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    CORCTON34033231
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    Community Expert
    Nov 9, 2026 3:12 PM UTC

    Hi V.Schmidti,

     

    Unfortunately there is no setting in Lightroom Classic to make it show all EXIF data. In the Library module, the Metadata panel only shows the fields in the preset you choose — Default, EXIF, EXIF and IPTC, and so on — and even the EXIF preset shows only a subset of the camera metadata. Adobe's help page on this is here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/desktop/organize-photos-in-lightroom-classic/metadata-basics-actions.html

     

    The Nikon-specific white balance names you mention (Auto1, Natural Auto, Shade, and so on) are not among the fields Lightroom Classic displays. The same was found in this earlier Nikon thread, where the in-camera white balance setting could not be found anywhere in Lightroom Classic's accessible metadata, while Nikon NX Studio showed the original value: https://community.adobe.com/questions-675/lightroom-classic-white-balance-as-shot-differs-from-camera-setting-960376

     

    So for those details, check the file in Nikon NX Studio (or another full EXIF reader) — Lightroom Classic itself can't display them.

     

    Best regards

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