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White Balance and English Cricket

Ramsden — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:20:52 GMT

Hi folks

Trying out White Balance last evening in mostly cloudy, with some blue sky around. Predominantly green grass.

EOS90D, on tripod, 70-300mm, lens, set on High-speed shooting to capture the sports element. Camera on M and autofocus, I played around with the WB settings and ended up in the top left quartile - green/blue.

Ramsden

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:07:14 GMT

@Ramsden wrote:

Hi folks

Trying out White Balance last evening in mostly cloudy, with some blue sky around. Predominantly green grass.

EOS90D, on tripod, 70-300mm, lens, set on High-speed shooting to capture the sports element. Camera on M and autofocus, I played around with the WB settings and ended up in the top left quartile - green/blue.

Ramsden

II use AWB-White Priority and get good results. If there is particularly difficult lighting conditions you could set a Custom White Balance. Pages 224 and 225 of the manual.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

Tintype_18 — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:05:16 GMT

The manual can answer a lot of questions.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

LeeP — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:06:01 GMT

Why M?

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

Ramsden — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:27:11 GMT

Hi Lee

I just try to do as much as possible in M or AV to have control over the process. I thought that was the best way.

Do you disagree?

Ramsden

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

LeeP — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:10:17 GMT

100% disagree.

I was trained on manual for my degree work, BUT Canon's auto modes are scarily precise and take away 100% of the fiddling of M. Shooting action? Pick Tv. Need depth of field or lack of it? Pick Av. General shooting? Pick P.

The only people who insist on M are people my age who think they know better and have not grown with the technology. These same people likely said that autofocus would never "work".

I'm sure a blustering know better will tell me I'm wrong.

Use what works.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

Ramsden — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:26:51 GMT

Interesting! I don't have that level of experience and rely on the books I bought. But one reason I like this community is that I always learn something. Thanks for your advice - watch this space, and as most people say, with digital, it's free and we have delete buttons.

Ramsden

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

Ramsden — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:18:31 GMT

I should have said that I have used the Auto on several occasions and found it excellent, but with a 'guilt' trip! Great for street work.

Never used P, but will give it a go.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Ramsden

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

LeeP — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:49:23 GMT

It is my understanding that Auto does everything: exposure, white balance, ISO, focus area (I think) and P does exposure but you can set ISO, white balance, and focus area.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:19:12 GMT

@LeeP wrote:

100% disagree.

I was trained on manual for my degree work, BUT Canon's auto modes are scarily precise and take away 100% of the fiddling of M. Shooting action? Pick Tv. Need depth of field or lack of it? Pick Av. General shooting? Pick P.

The only people who insist on M are people my age who think they know better and have not grown with the technology. These same people likely said that autofocus would never "work".

I'm sure a blustering know better will tell me I'm wrong.

Use what works.

There are situations where setting a specific aperture and shutter speed may be desired; that is where M mode would be used.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

SamanthaW — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:13:54 GMT

Please refamiliarize yourself with our Community FAQ's, specifically the "What is my responsibility in the community?" section.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

SamanthaW — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:14:16 GMT

Please refamiliarize yourself with our Community FAQ's, specifically the "What is my responsibility in the community?" section.

Re: White Balance and English Cricket

LeeP — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:13:02 GMT

Most certainly I agree, but those instances are usually outliers. I have been astounded by the accuracy of Canon's automatic modes. With the exception of exposure compensation adjustments, I've rarely had to resort to full manual.