Kelvin WB + G/M White Balance Usage

[Gobeatty]

I installed ML on my 6D a few days ago, mainly to try out the Kelvin WB + G/M feature. It works well but noticed something odd when switching back to Canon AWB or other settings.

It seems to me the G/M offset determined by ML is persistent to the other WB modes. So, if ML dials in 8 Magenta and I switch to AWB, I will get a very Magenta WB.  This also means any tweaking of these values done by me to set a personal preference are overridden.

This behavior is different than Canon's custom WB. Canon's process retains and applies my personal setting after determining WB based on a neutral target.  I do not know for sure if Canon's process also adjusts G/M internally but doesn't reflect this adjustment in the settings.

I was burned on this when I set WB through ML, changed shooting situations, and switched to AWB.

Thoughts?

[ItsMeLenny]

Yeah, i've made the mistake before of not switching the G/M back before, but my eyes are good enough to detect it on the review of the first picture.

The G/M B/A shift is different to the white balance, as it's its own shifter and bracket-er (as you can actually bracket photos over a WB shift).
Not sure if the canon auto wb incorporates a shift, somehow I'm under the impression that it's not (based on that fluorescent lights give off a green hue, and canon wb doesn't filter it out like ML wb does.

Stuff you probably already knew, and I know your main point is that is there a way for the G/M to reset with the switching of WB pre-sets.
I am not sure But it'd be nice if there was.
Your camera is operating in the same way as mine is though, so it's normal at the moment.

[Gobeatty]

Thank you. If ML adjusts G/M and Canon custom does not, then I will likely continue using ML. So far, I'm not seeing a difference, but I suspect you are right and I will try testing under more dire lighting conditions. Would be nice if ML didn't change the offset for other WB settings though.

[ItsMeLenny]

Yeah, someone could probably be implemented to stop the shifting of G/M.
I find ML WB to be better, but maybe just because I like seeing the actual white balance for future reference.