I picked up the GFX 100 ii recently and am finding that it meters really cool. I find myself dialing in a bunch of warmth on just about every image. Shooting Auto WB. Any suggestions on WB settings? There's a bunch of WB options, but with every system I've shot, I just go auto WB and make minor adjustments in post. I had the 50s years ago and don't recall that the images were so cool.
Anyway, not a big deal, IQ is great, but the pre-processed raws are just so much on the cold end. Maybe need an import preset? Processing a bunch of images back-to-back is a bit time consuming with all the blue. End results are stellar, after putting in the work.
Probably shoot a manual white balance. I have never really relied that heavily on AWB and my results are usually pretty good and makes the editing process more consistent on my end.
I’ve sold mine so this is from memory. Firstly, you can tune AWB in the menu to your liking with a color grid. So check that that is zeroed. From zero, adjust it to your taste and it should carry through most images. Next, there are 3 different AWB settings.They are something like White, Ambience and Natural or Neutral. I do remember the White option being very white, and the ambience option being too varied, too cool in outdoors and too warm under warmer light, and ended up preferring the natural look one. YMMV
^What Jack said, above. For some reason, for me the touchscreen and menu on the GFX seems to "easily" end up on those adjustments and I've both slightly skewed color and not noticed soon enough, while another time I pushed it so far (unwittingly of course) that I thought the sensor had suddenly taken leave of its "senses".
I guess I do photography wrong because I never really cared for AWB outside of very specific situations. Didn't help that I always found it too warm when I was trying to use it indoors any way. RoamingScott wrote:
It’s one of the big reasons I sold mine, the WB metering is horribly cold and leads to so much unnecessary work in post.
I never had an issue with my GFX, especially using the appropriate AWB option. Moreover, I find even in the Fuji X cameras AWB to be extremely good, and in fact regardless of lighting difficulties rarely need to adjust it in post. You that find it significantly cold were probably using the White priority option or had somehow miss-adjusted your personal WB adjustment.
I’ve found the AWB on the GFX to be pretty neutral, but I’d recommend shooting manual white balance if it’s an issue. I think it might depend on what camera system you’re coming from. Comparing to Nikon I don’t feel like the AWB is that different
There are three auto white balance settings in gfx. And also a matrix of color shift. Test for the one that fits your style. Personally, I prefer to start post processing from the same point, and as result most of the time I use a fixed color temperature settings. Adjusting colors does not take much time. It is cropping, leveling and cleanup of background that gets me in post-processing.
JadedWriter wrote:
I guess I do photography wrong because I never really cared for AWB outside of very specific situations. Didn't help that I always found it too warm when I was trying to use it indoors any way.
Please dont say "you are doing photography wrong"....IMHO you are NOT!
The 100s ii is VERY intimidating for me! I am trying to work thru that but it is really difficult as it seems the issues I incur, while may be addressed by someone here , a YT video, or the Fuji forum, I CAN'T find the answer!!!!
I will not insert my present issue on the member's post.
We all approach our photogaphic journey in different ways. What works for one may not work for another! So what? That isn'y a bad thing nor am I implying it is or others here might say/imply thar.
Now let me go post my ignorance!
Dan
JadedWriter wrote:
I guess I do photography wrong because I never really cared for AWB outside of very specific situations. Didn't help that I always found it too warm when I was trying to use it indoors any way.
I don’t use this camera, but I also do not use AWB. (There are a few circumstances where I could see using it, but not many.)
The issue is that AWB looks at a scene and essentially tried to neutralize the overall coloration. That’s fine if you really want white to literally be “white.”
But in the real world, that isn’t necessarily how it is. Think of all of the situations in which the beautiful coloration of the light is the most interesting thing — shadow light, early and late day light, reflected light in red rock canyons, and more. You don’t actually want ot neutralize those colorations. You may want to pull them back (or sometimes accentuate them a bit), but you still likely want them there.
I'm mostly not an AWB person because I have done enough video stuff to see it shift from scene to scene and I it's honestly a nightmare trying to get that to match footage. gdanmitchell wrote:
I don’t use this camera, but I also do not use AWB. (There are a few circumstances where I could see using it, but not many.)
The issue is that AWB looks at a scene and essentially tried to neutralize the overall coloration. That’s fine if you really want white to literally be “white.”
But in the real world, that isn’t necessarily how it is. Think of all of the situations in which the beautiful coloration of the light is the most interesting thing — shadow light, early and late day light, reflected light in red rock canyons, and more. You don’t actually want ot neutralize those colorations. You may want to pull them back (or sometimes accentuate them a bit), but you still likely want them there.
I must say I DO use AWB and have not seen problems that cannot be "fixed" in Adobe Bridge or the Nik Collection. But I process 1st in Br ACR. That is why I shoot 100% raw. But that is just my workflow. Not implying anyone's workflow here is flawed.
Good discussion.
Dan
Since I just learned this trick — you can connect your camera to your computer and use the FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO app to apply different camera settings to images you’ve already shot and instantly see how they affect the results. Grab a “cool” image, tweak the white balance to your liking, then adjust your camera.
olegkin wrote:
Since I just learned this trick — you can connect your camera to your computer and use the FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO app to apply different camera settings to images you’ve already shot and instantly see how they affect the results. Grab a “cool” image, tweak the white balance to your liking, then adjust your camera.
Thanks!
Dan
