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Skin colour on overexposed footage
Hi, i've been working with Canon XL1s for a short time, and I noticed that if you have some skin parts overexposed, they don't go to white. In fact, they look horrible yellow as a fried egg. That makes me take care of no overexposing ANY skin on XL1s.
Don't know if this is typical on prosumer cameras, or if there's some way to correct that. This is my first post... Also, excuse my English. |
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Hi Javier
You might want to check the cameras custom picture settings and see if that helps, and check your white balance settings Hope that helps
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Sounds like too warm of a white balance. Turn your setup level down in the custom settings and maybe check your Zebra patterns before you start rolling...
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I'll try to use a colder white balance, but is something that never happenned me working with Betacam of any brand. I expect to minimize that effect, but I'm start to thinking it's an inherent problem of this camera/format.
Thanks, anyway. |
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You got it... less dynamic range. I think you will find the XL2 to be much better in this regard. If you really want to get close to Beta, step up to the 2/3" CCD cams, they are so close, most people cant tell.
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In a few weeks i'll be working with the JVC's HDV prosumer camera, and I hope a better dynamic range (or latitude). Thanks, again, for the advices. |
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It does have better range in general but in my experience, HDV cameras have a lot of trouble with bright lights that move. I shot a concert in HDV and it was a disaster, the splashing lights was just too much. Outside of that HDV looks great, very video like but very clear.
The XL2 is the happy medium but it all depends on the work you are doing. ash =o) |
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