topic Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 07:36:27 GMT

Hello all. I realize how stupid I sound. But I just purchased my Canon EOS 90D, and if anyone could write the basic instructions on how to white balance it, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Note: for the last 20 years I've been shooting with a Canon GL1 MiniDV camera. I felt the time finally came for me to update my camera. So, expect some surprisingly ignorant posts from me in the next few weeks. Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Ray-uk — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 11:05:26 GMT

@Pking wrote:
if anyone could write the basic instructions on how to white balance it, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I think you will find that Canon have already done that in the user manual.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:31:38 GMT

Canon AWB is very good. Plus, as Ray said, full guidance in the manual.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

kvbarkley — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:54:06 GMT

There are many ways to do white balance depending on your workflow.

I would say that there are two main methods on this board:

Shoot in RAW and fix in post if necessary.

Shoot in JPEG with AWB and don't worry about it unless a specific image has an issue.

Do you have a specific problem, or is this a general question?

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 07:17:51 GMT

I'm talking about shooting video, not film.

Perhaps I should explain: For years, I've been shooting with a 20 year old camera (Canon GL1 MiniDV), and editing on a version of Final Cut Pro which at least 12 years old. I just purchased a more modern camera and computer, and now I have a lot of adjusting to do (a lot to teach myself).

I personally like to shoot everything white balanced, and then tweak colors in Post... I did find the way to automatically white balance with the EOS 90D, but I can't find a way to do it manually. And that's exactly what I want to learn.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:41:42 GMT

It looks like Custom White Balance (page 225) also applies to movie shooting.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:02:39 GMT

https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Cinema-EOS-Discussions/White-Balance-on-new-Cinema-EOS-Cameras-C500-Mark-II-C300-Mark/m-p/328793#M1114

Same for dedicated cinema cameras.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Johnw1 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:41:16 GMT

This and a lot more is in the 90D manual.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:55:29 GMT

jrhoffman75, I bought this camera on eBay, and the instructions it came with are very short. My instructions do not include 225 pages.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:00:08 GMT

Johnw1, ok. So my with old camera (the MiniDV Canon GL1) all my white balancing had to be done manually. But it looks like with the EOS 90D, I can usually get away with using automatic white balancing. Eventually I will have to learn manual white balance. But for the beginning I should be able to get away with only doing automatic white balance... Does that sound right?

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Ray-uk — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:36:44 GMT

@Pking wrote:
jrhoffman75, I bought this camera on eBay, and the instructions it came with are very short. My instructions do not include 225 pages.

If you go to the Canon website you can download the full manual in pdf format.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

jrhoffman75 — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:31:29 GMT

@Ray-uk wrote:
@Pking wrote:
jrhoffman75, I bought this camera on eBay, and the instructions it came with are very short. My instructions do not include 225 pages.
If you go to the Canon website you can download the full manual in pdf format.

As well as all the Canon supplied software for the camera.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Johnw1 — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:51:04 GMT

You can download the manual from Canon.

If you don't know what the white balance is auto WB is good. If you do and most know when you are shooting in daylight then use WB for daylight. If you shoot RAW WB is not as important.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:19:56 GMT

@Ray-uk wrote:
If you go to the Canon website you can download the full manual in pdf format.

Okay. I'll look for that now. But if you can easily provide a link, that'd be great.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Pking — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:20:56 GMT

@jrhoffman75 wrote:

As well as all the Canon supplied software for the camera.

I am ignorant as to what that means. Can you please explain? Thank you.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Waddizzle — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:51:25 GMT

This is the Canon Product Support Home Page. There is a link to it on the Canon Community home page.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/

Start typing the model of your camera into the white box "EOS 90D". At some point a drop down list with "EOS 90D" camera packages should appear. Select one, and the system should automatically take you to the Product Support Page for the EOS 90D. Every Canon consumer product has a simlar web page.

You can get product details and descriptions, user manuals, software packages, wireless help, and more. Click on "Manuals" and look for the "Advanced User Guide". It is a PDF file, so you would need a PDF app to read it.

Re: How do you White Balance an EOS 90D?

Waddizzle — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 06:56:06 GMT

Oh, yeah, you will want to download the "Supplemental Information" manual, too. Eventually, you should find reason to use the most recent copies of the other manuals, too.