How does white balance preview work on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II?
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On the OM-D E-M1 Mark II, if I open the Live Control panel, select the A/G white balance compensation controls, and press OK, I get a screen labeled “white balance preview.” However, the rear live view goes black except for the adjustment bars. If I half-press the shutter, the bars disappear and it returns to the normal live view. How is this feature supposed to work? Is white balance preview shown on the rear screen, in the EVF, or somewhere else?
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...and it is not covered in the official manual.
Well, actually it is (see page 52 of the English manual), and you are well under way. I was intrigued and tried it, and it worked when I used the viewfinder. You make the correction you think is going to work, look in the viewfinder and half way press the release button. The viewfinder white balance has changed. It just does not influence LV.
It is also a shortcut. After you have checked the correction, it has applied your changes. If you want to change it more, you have to go back into the menu.
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On the E-M1 Mark II, white balance preview appears to work in the electronic viewfinder rather than on the rear live view display. In practice, you enter the A/G WB compensation screen, set the correction, then look through the EVF and half-press the shutter to preview the effect. The white balance change is shown there, not on the normal rear LV display.
After you confirm the preview, the WB compensation is applied. If you want to refine it further, you typically need to go back into the WB adjustment screen again.
So if the rear screen goes black in that mode, that seems consistent with how users have reported it working, rather than indicating a fault. The manual reportedly covers this behavior, even if it’s easy to miss.
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