Canon PowerShot G16 review – White balance and colour
Image: The monochrome scene mode can be set to standard, blue or sepia
Many of the photographs I shot with the G16 were taken using auto white balance, which I found accurate for most scenes. Like most cameras under tungsten light, the AWB setting is still a little too warm. The tungsten white balance in the G16 is accurate, although it is easier just to tweak the white balance compensation. By going into any of the white balance settings and selecting menu, it is possible to shift the colour between blue, green, red and magenta easily and quickly.
The usual white balance settings you would expect to find on a compact camera are present in the G16 plus a few extras. These include auto, cloudy, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, fluorescent H, flash, custom1, custom2 and even a designated underwater setting. It’s a little disappointing not to see a custom Kelvin setting, although with the white balance compensation feature it may not be necessary.
In the PASM settings, a variety of different colour modes are available, including vivid, neutral, sepia, black and white positive film, lighter skin tone, darker skin tone, vivid blue, vivid green and vivid red, along with custom colour, which allows alteration of contrast, sharpness, saturation, red, green, blue and skin tone. Also inside the scene modes are a few settings that alter colour. I particularly like the monochrome setting, which allows black & white, sepia and blue-toning.
