HOW TO WHITE BALANCE A CANON CAMERA - How To Set The White Balance On A Canon M50 - Filmmaking 101
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- This is a quick tutorial showing you how to white balance a Canon camera. Every photographer and videographer should know how to set white balance correctly!
I am demonstrating on a Canon M50, but all of the Canon camera menus are very similar.
If you have been wondering how to set white balance on your camera for photography or video, this step-by-step white balance tutorial will have you mastering your custom white balance settings in no time.
I created this "how to set white balance for beginners" video to help you get more accurate colors before you bring your footage into the edit. It will help you get natural looking colors right out of the camera, and will enable you to say goodbye to that ugly blue or orange-tinted photos or video.
So, why not learn how to white balance properly today, so you have less color correction work to do in the edit.
Be sure to also check out my Color Correction in Premiere video:
• HOW TO COLOR CORRECT I...
00:00 Intro
00:53 Definition Of White Balancing
02:28 Start Of Tutorial
03:42 Get A White Card
04:00 Light Your Scene
04:33 Take A Picture
04:40 Set Your White Balance To Custom / Use Picture
05:56 Bonus Tip: Invest In A White Balance Panel
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One of the best videos on this subject, thanks so much Merle!
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This really helped me with white balance thank you
This is extremely helpful! Thank you so much for the clear overview of the technique here and also for discussing why the presets are not reliable.
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i never use this technique before thanks for the tip Merle.
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Thanks so much for that, I'm having lots of trouble with orangy lighting in my vids, I have a Canon too so going to try your advice. All the best
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Finally! Used this method and now I have much less difficulty in post! Thanks!
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Really? is this simple? I´ve been cracking my head around this. Thank you so much for such an easy step by step.
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It helped :)
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I own a photobooth and its a MUST to have great pictures taken - Great video on how to use white balance
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I just realized from your video I haven’t been white balancing correctly. Thanks a bunch 👌🏾
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Great video, Merle I just started doing the white balance myself 😂. Your tutorials are very easy to understand, thank you 💕
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks, Pia!
@@diyfwmb I did everything you said but when I set my custom white balance it looks green, what am I doing wrong?
I cannot.thankyou.enough.for.this.video "I feel like i'm yelling lol" I'm a dinosaur in videography and had to take time off for health reasons, and you have just brought helped me feel comfortable doing my first freelance shoot in many many years. Thank you so, so much! :)
Nice! Good luck with your shoot!
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Great video, thanks!! Do you have a video on setting white balance to a larger space, like a room, where daylight and warm interior lights are present and at odds?
After finishing the video just notice the way you did it, and that was awesome! Thank you 🙏🏽
Recently I purchased Canon R6 Mark ii, and im still learning all new settings coming from 77D I’m very behind this new technology
I’m just wandering what’s your settings when you take the picture?
Those orange-faced people you were probably thinking of are "Oompa Loompas". They were the workers in the movie, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".
Thanks for this white balance tutorial.
Wow awesome video. Love your simple explination. I do have a question though, if i am taking photos indoors i do a custom white balance. Then later i am taking pics outdoors, do i do another custom white balance. 🙂🙂
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That was the best explanation of using custom white balance! I truly enjoyed your video presentation :)
Could you please explain why some photographers use a grey card/screen to create their custom white balance for their camera?
The grey card is for exposure. I plan to do a video on this at some point. 🙂
Very Amazing video. I film a TV screen with Canon XA20 for live lectures. I need help with balancing the light between the face and the screen. There are two fluorescent bulbs in the room as well. Could you please suggest the best setting for this
I would try to go with only one kind of light if possible (lose the flourescents, or keep them and black out the windows).
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Hi what of nikon d90
It will not be easer if you save a white image background in your card? Or help me to understand this, I’m a bit confused, and still learning about this
hey, this is great help, can you please make video on how to get sharp video in m50 thanks
Hi BM, I did a video on autofocus for the M50 / Canons that you might find helpful. :) ua-cam.com/video/fnfplmxc2h4/v-deo.html
@@diyfwmb great information I willl try this
Thanks
Just saw this today. Thanks for the tip sharing. I have a question though about the white balance, is the white balance applicable only to photos or video at the same time?
Yes, it applies to both photo & video.
Thanks for smilly explanation..but some said grey card for white balance Mam..which is best...
Using a piece of white paper is better than nothing but it isn't accurate. Most white paper has bluing agents in it to make it appear more 'white'. You should use a gray card designed for white balance. White balance isn't really about getting an accurate white but more along getting a neutral gray.
This person in the comments says gray cards are used for exposure which a gray card can be if it follows the 18% rule. So their understanding of exposure and white balance are skewed and I wouldn't take any advice from them based on this.
can we change lenses after? like can I use kit lens to take WB image then change to my nifty fifty?
Hi J.J., different lenses handle color *slightly* differently (due to the glass / coating / etc.). So, I would white balance again when you switch. Hope this helps, M
I didn't get it where I should keep white paper? Do I need a person who need to hold white balance panel?
When taking the image of white card.do we set camera on auto white balance or already have it on custom white balance option before taking the image of card.no one mentions that haha
Hi - According to Canon, you can use any of the white balance settings when you take the picture of the white card. (Auto is fine.)
Hope this helps, M
Thank you for this. One question though. When you took the white paper shot for WB sampling for custom, what was the WB setting? Was it AWB?
It can be AWB. According to Canon, it doesn't matter what setting you're in when you sample the custom. (Amazingly enough!)
I was about to ask this same question, thank you.
With my Canon EOS T7 2000D I take moon photos, but I only get monochromatic photos with none of the amber colors I see with my naked eye. What are the settings for the amber colors?
If you are shooting in RAW, you can bring back some of these colors in Lightroom or Photoshop. I don't have any videos on this, but if you search for "lightroom tutorials" on UA-cam, you should get a basic intro on how to do this.
So if you have a film set up where your using color lights, do you white balance with those lights on or not?
Hi Wavlance - So yes, you would turn on all the lights that you are using in your scene (including the color ones), hold the white card close to your actor's face, and snap your shot for your manual setting to use. Hope this helps.
Thaaank YOU
Sure thing! You should hold the panel as close to your subject's face as possible. (not close to the camera).
@@diyfwmb OK. As I tried to follow your steps I put up a paper to the background (going to make a video of me, but I cant be both places at the same time). Now it turns out that I can not zoom in to get the whole frame to be white. I then moved in to make the linse all white.
Suppose that´s not the way to do it, because the colors were all yellow´ish.
Got it. Sometimes if you are shooting by yourself, you can either tape a paper to the chair where you will be sitting, and move the chair forward a bit to compensate for your head size, or tape the paper to a stand or something in the approximate location where your face will be. If you are shooting on a newer camera, you may not have to fill the whole frame with the white. Give the above a try, and see if your colors are looking better. The newer Canon cameras don't require that you fill the frame with white. Hope this helps!
Hahahaha “someone with an orange face 😂”
I'm new to this so any advice would be welcome. If I set my custom white Ballance using a white card will my camera keep this setting when I turn my camera off or will I have to reset this everytime I turn the camera on. No funny comments please as I said I am new to this.
Hi Christopher, it should save your setting. :)
@@diyfwmb thank you.
I have to do a video shoot, which requires video of multiple parts of a manufacturing company. The video MUST be shot continuous (no cuts) and the camera will go to several different parts of the facility, each with different lighting conditions. If I do the custom white balance at the start of my shot, will the colors still be accurate if I go from area to area in the facility? Or do I have to re-do the custom white balance as I go to each area? I ask because I can not stop/start the recording per my clients request. For this scenario is custom white balance preferred, or should I do AWB?
Yes, I would do AWB. The only way to set custom white balance is to stop your camera. Good luck with your shoot :)
@@diyfwmb Thank you so much! 🙏 🙏
How should we set the camera for the first custom photo, before setting the custom white balance? With AWB on? Any recommendation about ISO, or aperture other settings? Thank you :-)
Hi Sergio, you can use AWB for the photo. Hope this helps!
@@diyfwmb thank you Merle, all the best and good health for you and your close ones. Cheers.
To you as well!
When you take a picture of white card in which mode photo mode did you take in auto with AWB or manual AWB or which? Thank you!
Hi Argaudas, According to Canon, you can use any of the white balance settings when you take the picture of the white card.
Hope this helps, M
Thank you for a quick respond.
1. So basically before shooting video, I should set the my canon 80d to photo mode, then take a picture on fully auto mode , don’t need to touch exposure, iso etc and finally set to custom WB and switch to the video mode. Right?
2. For WB can I use other side (grey side it helps to focus better of the marked tether in the middle and take a sharp picture, rather to use white side of the card and use manual focus to get crispy picture shot for custom WB.
Thank you 🙌🏼
@@argaudas Sure thing. So, to clarify 1. Set the camera to photo mode and take the picture (fully auto is fine). Just make sure your lighting is set up the way it will be for the shoot and your lights are turned on. 2. Put your camera back in video mode, go to the white balance settings, and set your custom white balance using the picture you just took.
As far as the grey card goes, the grey is usually used to set exposure (not really for white balance). Understood about the focus issue, though - I usually set focus with the image on the grey side and flip the card over, or, set the focus on the black edge of the card. Also, focus doesn't need to be perfect to take the white balance picture, just fyi.
Hope this helps again, M
@@diyfwmb perfect 🙌🏼👌🏼 thank you so much for clear explanation.
All the best and I’ll see you in the next one 😉
What if your picture you take of the white paper looks blue and not white?
It's okay. The camera will calculate the white value regardless of how it appears in the picture. Hope this helps!
my question is that camera must be in which mode to ba when talking white blace muse be m , a or progerm mode
Hi Saied, you can take the photo in any of the modes - automatic, or manual. Just make sure your exposure is correct (and, if you are unsure how to to this, you can use the automatic setting).
Hopefully, this helps!
@@diyfwmb tks so much fro your reply
@@diyfwmb yu mean that light meter should be in middle
Hello
Many photographer are using gray card
What is the difference it makes using gray and white card?
Hi Rider, the grey card is typically used for exposure, rather than white balance. At some point I plan to do a video about the grey card. For now, check out Adorama's explanation: ua-cam.com/video/V1y89K2kios/v-deo.html Hope this helps! - M
If I am to take a pic of the white, I have a question. In that case, can the same pic not be carried around to auto correct in all conditions?
Hi Mac, no, you would have to take a picture in the specific area / lighting situation that you are shooting in to do a custom white balance for that location.
@@diyfwmb Got it. Thanks
Hi , why white card? And not gray card like other correcting white balance, I became confused
The grey card is for exposure. Maybe I'll do a video on the grey card at some point...
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Using grey paper is as good as using a white paper?
Hi Mikyung, the 18% gray card is usually used for exposure. The white card is more for white balance. Perhaps I will do a gray card video at some point... Hope this helps!
This is exactly why we need more women explaining technical things. They're just better at it. Sorry to generalize, but men make it so complicated and spend a lot of time being goofy in videos.
Lol, awww thanks. Glad it helped!
I had to stop! Someone with an Orange face huh. lmas!
you talk too fast, it is hard to follow along with a camera in hand , but your video is very well done and your voice is easy to understand. I just had to rewind a few times. Thank you for the information .
Hey Merle! Thanks for these videos! I just found your channel and it's helping me a lot 🙌🏼🤍
Awesome! Glad they helped :)
Does it fix problems like your face? Like can it take out the red blotches and crows feet?