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EOS R6 White Balance
Article ID: ART177890 |
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Date published: 11/19/2020 |
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Date last updated: 08/08/2023 |
Description
White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white.
Solution
White Balance
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Press the button ().
- With an image displayed on the screen, press the button.
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Select the white balance item.
- Turn the dial to select the white balance setting item.
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Select a white balance setting.
- Turn the dial to make a selection.
Applicable with Speedlites having a color temperature transmission function. Otherwise, it will be fixed to approx. 6000K.
White Balance
The human eye adapts to changes in lighting so that white objects look white under all kinds of lighting. Digital cameras determine white from the color temperature of lighting and, based on this, apply image processing to make color tones look natural in your shots.
[] Auto White Balance
With [] (Ambience priority), you can slightly increase the intensity of the image's warm color cast when shooting a tungsten-light scene.
If you select [] (White priority), you can reduce the intensity of the image's warm color cast.
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Select [: White balance].
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Select [].
- With [] selected, press the button.
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Select an option.
[] Custom White Balance
With custom white balance, you can manually set the white balance for the specific light source of the shooting location. Make sure to perform this procedure under the light source at the actual location of the shoot.
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Shoot a white object.
- Aim the camera at a plain white object, so that white fills the screen.
- Set the lens's focus mode switch to and shoot to obtain standard exposure for the white object.
- You can use any of the white balance settings.
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Select [: Custom White Balance].
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Import the white balance data.
- Turn the dial to select the image captured in step 1, then press .
- Select [OK] to import the data.
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Select [: White balance].
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Select the custom white balance.
- Select [].
Caution
- If the exposure obtained in step 1 differs greatly from the standard exposure, a correct white balance may not be obtained.
- The following images cannot be selected: Images captured with the Picture Style set to [Monochrome], multiple-exposure images, cropped images, and images shot with another camera.
Note
- Instead of shooting a white object, you can also shoot a gray card or standard 18% gray reflector (commercially available).
[] Color Temperature
A value can be set representing the white balance color temperature.
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Select [: White balance].
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Set the color temperature.
- Select [].
- Turn the dial to set a color temperature, then press .
- The color temperature can be set from approx. 2500K to 10000K in 100K increments.
Note
- When setting the color temperature for an artificial light source, set the white balance correction (magenta or green bias) as necessary.
- When setting [] to a value measured with a commercially available color temperature meter, take some test shots in advance and adjust the setting as needed to compensate for any difference between the color temperature meter and the camera.
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