> does the pre-conditioning of RAW data consist only of applying R and B WB multipliers
You can determine if adjustments in digital domain are applied to channels looking at the histogram in rawDigger in Linear X-Axis / Bin:1 mode. If the histogram has gaps, raw data was digitally manipulated before recording. Strong combing in the histogram may also indicate digital adjustments.
> could this be avoided by using a UniWB during capture?
No.
> could the mosaic resulting from pre-conditioning be somewhat avoided by using a scene referred WB?
Dear Sir:
Dear Sir:
> does the pre-conditioning of RAW data consist only of applying R and B WB multipliers
You can determine if adjustments in digital domain are applied to channels looking at the histogram in rawDigger in Linear X-Axis / Bin:1 mode. If the histogram has gaps, raw data was digitally manipulated before recording. Strong combing in the histogram may also indicate digital adjustments.
> could this be avoided by using a UniWB during capture?
No.
> could the mosaic resulting from pre-conditioning be somewhat avoided by using a scene referred WB?
Likely, no.