08-17-2024
10:45 AM
- last edited on
08-17-2024
10:58 AM
by
Arthur
I have a Canon 6D. I noticed that on the bottom left of the viewfinder screen there is a warning icon ("!") next to a battery icon. Am I correct in assuming that this is simply a reminder to keep an eye on the battery charge periodically?
Thank you so much.
Solved! Go to Solution.
08-17-2024 12:39 PM
Rizzo,
The exclamation point warning icon (!) can appear for a number of reasons.They could include:
Check your manual and see what it says about warning icons.
Steve Thomas
08-17-2024 12:39 PM
Rizzo,
The exclamation point warning icon (!) can appear for a number of reasons.They could include:
Check your manual and see what it says about warning icons.
Steve Thomas
08-17-2024 05:13 PM
@Rizzo wrote:
I have a Canon 6D. I noticed that on the bottom left of the viewfinder screen there is a warning icon ("!") next to a battery icon. Am I correct in assuming that this is simply a reminder to keep an eye on the battery charge periodically?
Thank you so much.
As Steve says it could mean a number of different things. It is selected in the one of the red Shooting menus (or can be disabled).
08-17-2024 05:56 PM
Thank you so much!
08-17-2024 06:04 PM
As a follow-up question...if White Balance Correction is set as a custom function, what exactly does that do?
08-17-2024 09:16 PM - edited 08-17-2024 09:20 PM
Rizzo,
If you want to emphasize the cooler temperatures of blues and yellows in your photo, you would choose a Preset White Balance of Daylight, or a lower Kelvin temperature in the 5200K range. This is good for early morning when the air is crisp and clean, and the sky is a deep blue.
If you want to emphasize the warmer colors like your reds or greens, you would choose a Preset like the Cloudy White Balance in your camera, or a Kelvin setting in the 6000K+ range. This is good for sunsets, or if you are in a Cloudy condition, and you want to bring out the warmer skin tones of a person's face.
The White Balance Correction setting allows you to skew or fine tune those settings to more green, or more magenta, or more blue, etc. It's a fine-tuning kind of process.
I personally do most of my shooting at 5300K, while adjusting at various times for Cloudy conditions, or I'm indoors shooting under tungsten lighting.
You try to adjust your White Balance for the lighting conditions you are in.
Steve Thomas
08-17-2024 09:43 PM
Greetings,
Under varying light conditions, when you take a picture of a white object or background, the white portion can appear cooler (blue) or warmer (red) depending on lighting and settings. In order for colors to be rendered accurately, the camera needs to know what is true white. If the camera does not interpret white balance correctly, the other colors in your photo my appear duller or more vibrant. Custom white balance allows you to correct this by telling the camera "this is truly white".
The below article from Canon Europe may be helpful.
~Rick
Bay Area - CA
~R5 C (1.0.7.1) ~RF Trinity, ~RF 100 Macro, ~RF 100~400, ~RF 100~500, +RF 1.4x TC, +Canon Control Ring, BG-R10, 430EX III-RT ~DxO PhotoLab Elite ~DaVinci Resolve ~Windows11 Pro ~ImageClass MF644Cdw/MF656Cdw ~Pixel 8
~CarePaks Are Worth It
07/01/2024: New firmware updates are available.
06/06/2024: New firmware updates are available.
EOS R6 Mark II - Version 1.4.0
Speedlite EL-5 - Version 1.1.0
Speedlite Transmitter ST-E10 - Version 1.1.0
04/16/2024: New firmware updates are available.
RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM - Version 1.0.6
RF400mm F2.8 L IS USM - Version 1.0.6
RF600mm F4 L IS USM - Version 1.0.6
RF800mm F5.6 L IS USM - Version 1.0.4
RF1200mm F8 L IS USM - Version 1.0.4
03/26/2024: New firmware updates are available.
Canon U.S.A Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited.