Fuji X-T100 white balance

Hi.

This is my first thread on DPR and am still a learner (so kindly forgive if my terminology is bit off the mark)
I recently purchased Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm as an easy to carry general purpose and landscape camera (esp easy to carry on mountain hikes)
I was just trying some shots and it seems to me its auto white balance selection is bit off, esp in daylight ( I need to change Kelvin value to match the image on the EVF/LCD to real one ). So default colors seem bit wrong. I have Rebel XT along with 70-300 nano usm and 100 f/2. Canon's colors seem better to me (esp the 100 f/2)
Is this known concern (I thought mirrorless are much better at getting white balance right)
Apart from that I quite happy with the body, esp the controls it gives (Canon Rebels for eg. don't allow min shutter speed settings in auto iso, this one does). And am looking forward to later add some better lenses.

One sample shot from the cam
https://www.juzaphoto.com/galleria.php?l=en&t=3358028

Thanks!

Any inputs ?

HDRI wrote:

Hi.

This is my first thread on DPR and am still a learner (so kindly forgive if my terminology is bit off the mark)
I recently purchased Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm as an easy to carry general purpose and landscape camera (esp easy to carry on mountain hikes)
I was just trying some shots and it seems to me its auto white balance selection is bit off, esp in daylight ( I need to change Kelvin value to match the image on the EVF/LCD to real one ). So default colors seem bit wrong. I have Rebel XT along with 70-300 nano usm and 100 f/2. Canon's colors seem better to me (esp the 100 f/2)
Is this known concern (I thought mirrorless are much better at getting white balance right)
Apart from that I quite happy with the body, esp the controls it gives (Canon Rebels for eg. don't allow min shutter speed settings in auto iso, this one does). And am looking forward to later add some better lenses.

One sample shot from the cam
https://www.juzaphoto.com/galleria.php?l=en&t=3358028

Thanks!

If your WB is consistently off in the same direction (too magenta or whatever) you can tweak it to your liking with the WB shift function. I find the auto WB to pretty good in my X-T2 and X-T20, but it does consistently go too magenta in a green forest. I always shoot RAW so I just tweak it in post if necessary.

Erik, Thank you for posting this.

I don't know what happened, but somehow my xt-100 was skewed magenta big time. I don't recall ever messing with my WB w/this camera either.  I've never had a prob w/my other Fuji's. I was thinking it might be the lens combo contributing, but knew I needed to double check my WB settings just to be sure.

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

HDRI wrote:

Hi.

This is my first thread on DPR and am still a learner (so kindly forgive if my terminology is bit off the mark)
I recently purchased Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm as an easy to carry general purpose and landscape camera (esp easy to carry on mountain hikes)
I was just trying some shots and it seems to me its auto white balance selection is bit off, esp in daylight ( I need to change Kelvin value to match the image on the EVF/LCD to real one ). So default colors seem bit wrong. I have Rebel XT along with 70-300 nano usm and 100 f/2. Canon's colors seem better to me (esp the 100 f/2)
Is this known concern (I thought mirrorless are much better at getting white balance right)
Apart from that I quite happy with the body, esp the controls it gives (Canon Rebels for eg. don't allow min shutter speed settings in auto iso, this one does). And am looking forward to later add some better lenses.

One sample shot from the cam
https://www.juzaphoto.com/galleria.php?l=en&t=3358028

Thanks!

If your WB is consistently off in the same direction (too magenta or whatever) you can tweak it to your liking with the WB shift function. I find the auto WB to pretty good in my X-T2 and X-T20, but it does consistently go too magenta in a green forest. I always shoot RAW so I just tweak it in post if necessary.

Thanks.

Yes. That's where I actually chose a higher kelvin value to match what I was seeing. I guess will need to check in every situation to see if its right or needs to be tweaked.
Is this something which can get corrected later by a firmware update ?

HDRI wrote:

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

HDRI wrote:

Hi.

This is my first thread on DPR and am still a learner (so kindly forgive if my terminology is bit off the mark)
I recently purchased Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm as an easy to carry general purpose and landscape camera (esp easy to carry on mountain hikes)
I was just trying some shots and it seems to me its auto white balance selection is bit off, esp in daylight ( I need to change Kelvin value to match the image on the EVF/LCD to real one ). So default colors seem bit wrong. I have Rebel XT along with 70-300 nano usm and 100 f/2. Canon's colors seem better to me (esp the 100 f/2)
Is this known concern (I thought mirrorless are much better at getting white balance right)
Apart from that I quite happy with the body, esp the controls it gives (Canon Rebels for eg. don't allow min shutter speed settings in auto iso, this one does). And am looking forward to later add some better lenses.

One sample shot from the cam
https://www.juzaphoto.com/galleria.php?l=en&t=3358028

Thanks!

If your WB is consistently off in the same direction (too magenta or whatever) you can tweak it to your liking with the WB shift function. I find the auto WB to pretty good in my X-T2 and X-T20, but it does consistently go too magenta in a green forest. I always shoot RAW so I just tweak it in post if necessary.

Thanks.

Yes. That's where I actually chose a higher kelvin value to match what I was seeing. I guess will need to check in every situation to see if its right or needs to be tweaked.
Is this something which can get corrected later by a firmware update ?

Maybe, but only if all X-T100s were off. I don’t have one so I can’t help you there. The “as shot” WB value seems ok in Lightroom with the X-T100 RAW files I’ve messed with.

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Maybe, but only if all X-T100s were off.

That's true

beespeckled

I was thinking it might be the lens combo contributing

Was it with XC15-45 lens for you too ?

beespeckled

I was thinking it might be the lens combo contributing

Was it with XC15-45 lens for you too ?

It is the only lens I own for the Xt-100.  when checking the WB settings just now, it was pretty well off to the right towards red/magenta. I now have it set  to the middle of the graph for hopefully a more neutral true color.

beespeckled wrote:

beespeckled

I was thinking it might be the lens combo contributing

Was it with XC15-45 lens for you too ?

It is the only lens I own for the Xt-100. when checking the WB settings just now, it was pretty well off to the right towards red/magenta. I now have it set to the middle of the graph for hopefully a more neutral true color.

Unless you intentionally move it to bias the WB in a particular direction, it should be in the center by default. People with WB issues often screw up that adjustment unknowingly.

yes, I must have at one point did so for a photo situation, then forgotten. Maybe even thinking I was in the custom Kelvin modes when I was in the auto WB mode. That is the only thing I can think of.