A7 series white balance

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Martin.G

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So ever since i got my first A7 II, later A7s, then A7s II, my white balance has been green.

I have tried to find some workaround by skewing the white balance into the magenta. But its not consistent and sometimes its also too magenta.

What is everyones way in combating the horrible white balance of this camera system? All my pictures look very unprofessional unless color corrected on a computer. Whereas all my Canon 5D jpg.s look great.
 
Yeah i know that for when im shooting professionally.

But when im quickly location scouting or shooting my family, i would like my camera to work as the Canon series did. Is that a moot thought?
 
Ive read on a different site that the a7 series has a serious bug in the jpeg/mpeg engine that creates this crazy tint.

When i take a photo, the colors look great on the back of the LCD/Viewfinder. But when i transfer to my mobile or PC (with calibrated monitor) i get a severe green tint. To combat this, i need to drag the white balance tint incredibly over to the magenta scale. But then i need to photograph with severe color issues on the back of my LCD, making judging colors extremely difficult. Surely this is not the way to photograph with this camera. Or?

And taking a custom white balance metering every single time you change location or during sunsets, is not how professional photography works. Then everyone with Canon Nikon gets good pictures while you miss the moment because you need to push buttons instead of pushing the shutter...

Its difficult to search for this issue because everyone is just talking about the purple ISO colors in the corners.
 
Do i own a lemon, or has everyone else found a solution, or maybe just resigned and accepted the Sony green for what it is? :(
 
Maybe post an example of the problem, because it seems not many other people are having this issue (I certainly never found a problem here). And maybe also post the settings you're using: is it auto white balance that you're complaining about? I think so, but just to be sure.
 
Im complaining about all non-custom white balances. Doesnt matter if its auto, daylight, shade. They are all green tinted and need so much magenta compensation that my LCD turns pink when operating the camera. So it becomes useless in jugding anything other than exposure and composition.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/phot40p852ijegd/DSC04042.JPG?dl=0

This is from before i started to compensate with magenta during shooting. Clearly Geiranger in Norway is not this green.
 
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