custom white balance on G7x MKII

Hi all,

I was from G12 background, which is it possible to do custom white balance without taking a picture and then custom the white balance.

Now I have upgraded to G7x MKII and this is not possible!!! It's getting on my nerves!!! I would need to take a picture and then go to custom white balance to set it... wasting a min of my time to custom the WB...

is there anyway to do it the same as my old G12? hit custom WB and it's been set...

Are you talking about WB presets (Day Light, Shade, Cloudy...)? Those are still available, except in Auto mode. Just like the G12. Even the manual WB correction options remains the same.

Custom WB requires taking a picture of a grey card under whatever special lighting conditions you're shooting in. Not many record a custom WB unless they will be shooting frequently under that lighting. If I'm shooting in mixed lighting and want accurate colors, I include a WB card in a test shot then correct WB in post.

Hi there,

The following works on my G7X (mark I), I'd be surprised if it doesn't work on the Mark II:

1. Press the FUNC/SET button to get the quick settings menu
2. Scroll to the White Balance setting
3. Scroll to the Custom 1 or Custom 2 option
4. There will be a small square on the screen, and the screen shows a live preview of the WB setting. There's also a text stating that if we press the RING FUNC button, it will take a sample from the small square and use it to determine the correct WB. All you need to do at this point is put the grey card into view (inside the square) and press RING FUNC.

Please let me know whether this works, as I'm interested in upgrading to the G7X mark II as well (though more likely I'll wait for the G5X mark II). Hope it works!

cool79 wrote:

For g12, in shooting mode, I click on function set button, then move to the custom WB, click on menu and it will evaluate the WB.

For g7x, I would need to shoot at the grey card and save it as a picture, then I would need to go to the custom WB, then it will then evaluate the WB based on the grey card I had shot...

why hey I would need to do custom WB, is because I am diving with the camera and at diff depth, the color changes...

Thank you for adressing that.

Also for me this is very dissapointing! While shooting with quick changing light situations - e.g. change between sun/shadow, changes due to moving between color reflecting objects like colorful steel Containers etc. - it is important for me to adjust quickly custom WB.

I have the S90, S95, G1X and G3X. I defined the S-Button for custom WB; within one (!) second, pointing at a small white card and pressing the button, WB is done.

I was shocked, that with my new G9x II (e.g. by Video button) this was not possible anymore.

Here is how I do it on S95: I press the function menu, and in manual white balance press menu to shoot and evaluate -- no need to first take a shot, then evaluate separately.

On G1Xii I have the shortcut button set to Custom White Balance 1, so I can continuously adjust it with simply press of a button.

I would be very surprised if there weren't a way to do this on G7Xii

Are there customizable buttons, and would it not be possible to assign custom white balance to one of those.  I think if you do not use the REC button, it ought to be customizable.

On G1Xii I have manual white balance assigned to the shortcut button, I can shoot and set with one press of a button.  If that is not possible in G7Xii, it is a huge backwards step for Canon, and for me the reason to skip over to MFT.