Canon Colors

Alastair Norcross wrote:

What is "default" for a Canon? My M6 has "auto" and "standard" picture styles, among others. I can't remember which one was set "out of the box". In the old days, it would have been the standard one, but now, I suspect that it's auto. Or at least, it's probably auto in some settings and standard in others. But I can't remember what position the mode selector dial was in when I took the camera out of the box, so I don't know which picture style it would have set. As far as I know, on "auto" the picture style the camera uses depends on what kind of scene it thinks it's shooting. So, in your example, auto might have given the landscape style, or it might have given the portrait style.

Simply an attempt to pass off a survey as a scientific proof. This test only works if the monitors are properly calibrated because otherwise each person sees a different image. Professionals have posted videos and articles discussing Canon’s color accuracy or lack thereof (since Canon is simply more pleasing, not more accurate).

For color critical work I always shoot a profile shot using colorchecker. That’s mainly for artwork or products where you can tell a customer “calibrate your monitor and you’ll know exactly what the colors look like.” “Exactly” is an exaggeration, but close enough without huge expense. For everything else the starting point of Canon colors eliminates a lot of rebalancing and messing about.