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...........Because white balance is determined at processing, not at the time of exposure, there isn't any need to be super precise about white balance either.
That's assuming everyone has all the time in the world to spend pushing a mouse around setting white balance to a file full of raws. Not everyone has that luxury.
Perhaps. But every camera has a custom white balance which works fairly well against a white reference, like a sheet of paper. This gets you pretty close, and will be similar for the an entire set.
Honestly, i don't understand all this white balance madness. Most professional photographers didn't even own a full set of CC filters and a color meter with film. They chose the right film for the situation and maybe an FL filter. For 99.9% of applications, the built-in color meter will do just fine so long as you don't rely on "auto" mode.
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