Hi,
One of the reasons I use the 5D4 is that I get good colours (people and objects) straight of the camera, which work for my needs without editing in SW. When I first got the 5D4, I found the AWB setting made blacks turn blue and I wasn't happy unless I went fully manual for every setting. However, this was with a Sigma lens, which I returned. Since then I have only used native lenses and have been enjoying the 5D4 immensely. It's been good for business and personal use. As a computer-phobe, I try to frame and expose shots as well as I can, in order to obviate processing. I typically use auto ISO (with EC) and AWB. So far, so good.
So...today, I tried to shoot a dark grey product for work, by a window with diffused light. Was working at a variety of F stops, and keeping ISO below 3200. My grey object had a blue tinge. The shot in the viewfinder had a very different colour to the actual object. Eventually, I went to manual WB and got it to look decent. Although I got there in the end, my confidence in the 5D4 has been slightly dented. I remember when I photographed a black cat (Sigma) when I first got the 5D4 2 yrs ago, the cat went blue. I almost sent it back and went back to Nikon.
My questions are: is dark grey a particularly challenging colour for AWB mode to nail? (Since the cat episode, going to native-only, I've shot dark black daily and been very happy with the 5D4's AWB). Has anyone else had a similar issue with the 5D4?
TIA
One of the reasons I use the 5D4 is that I get good colours (people and objects) straight of the camera, which work for my needs without editing in SW. When I first got the 5D4, I found the AWB setting made blacks turn blue and I wasn't happy unless I went fully manual for every setting. However, this was with a Sigma lens, which I returned. Since then I have only used native lenses and have been enjoying the 5D4 immensely. It's been good for business and personal use. As a computer-phobe, I try to frame and expose shots as well as I can, in order to obviate processing. I typically use auto ISO (with EC) and AWB. So far, so good.
So...today, I tried to shoot a dark grey product for work, by a window with diffused light. Was working at a variety of F stops, and keeping ISO below 3200. My grey object had a blue tinge. The shot in the viewfinder had a very different colour to the actual object. Eventually, I went to manual WB and got it to look decent. Although I got there in the end, my confidence in the 5D4 has been slightly dented. I remember when I photographed a black cat (Sigma) when I first got the 5D4 2 yrs ago, the cat went blue. I almost sent it back and went back to Nikon.
My questions are: is dark grey a particularly challenging colour for AWB mode to nail? (Since the cat episode, going to native-only, I've shot dark black daily and been very happy with the 5D4's AWB). Has anyone else had a similar issue with the 5D4?
TIA
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