How well does this camera white balance? at DVinfo.net

Greg Matty · January 12th, 2003, 05:51 PM

My biggest gripe with my XL-1 is the difficulty in getting a decent manual white balance. The colors look real blue with my XL-1 if I just use a white or gray card and I have resorted to warm cards and blue and green gels to get close to the right look.

How easy is it to get the DVX-100 to get a good white balance?

Greg Matty

January 12th, 2003, 06:14 PM

I have has no issues with white balance. There are settings to warm up or cool off the white balance if it is slightly off.

I have found my camera to be right on and I tested it on a waveform/vectorscope monitor as well.

Michael

Matt Milan · January 13th, 2003, 12:00 AM

I also have found the white balance to be excellent. The DVX seems to nail it on every single occasion.

I really only need to adjust the settings manually if I want a certain off-colored look or if I am doing a specific shot that needs to hold a constant WB value.

Jeff Donald · January 13th, 2003, 05:33 AM

Greg,

Not wanting to start a debate on cameras, but I would suggest that the WB on your XL1 needs an adjustment. I find my XL1 and XL1S WB fine (a little to the warm side). I've never had problems with the WB, be it manual or AWB. I've owned and shot with much more expensive cameras than XL1's and DVX100's and base by opinion on personal experience with the XL1 and those other cameras.

Jeff

Greg Matty · January 13th, 2003, 09:09 AM

Jeff,

You may be right but every time I send the camera in to have work done, I get the "we returned your camera to factory specifications" reply from Canon. It doesn't matter how detailed a description I send in or what samples I provide. Canon never seems to address the issue at hand. It seems a tech monkey opens up the camera and presses some sort of reset button and then sends the camera back to me. At this point, it doesn't really matter.

Greg Matty

January 12th, 2003, 05:51 PM	#1
Greg Matty Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 177	How well does this camera white balance? My biggest gripe with my XL-1 is the difficulty in getting a decent manual white balance. The colors look real blue with my XL-1 if I just use a white or gray card and I have resorted to warm cards and blue and green gels to get close to the right look. How easy is it to get the DVX-100 to get a good white balance? Greg Matty

January 13th, 2003, 12:00 AM	#3
Matt Milan New Boot Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Castro Valley, CA Posts: 11	I also have found the white balance to be excellent. The DVX seems to nail it on every single occasion. I really only need to adjust the settings manually if I want a certain off-colored look or if I am doing a specific shot that needs to hold a constant WB value. __________________ -Matt Milan-

January 12th, 2003, 06:14 PM	#2
Michael P Posts: n/a	I have has no issues with white balance. There are settings to warm up or cool off the white balance if it is slightly off. I have found my camera to be right on and I tested it on a waveform/vectorscope monitor as well. Michael

January 13th, 2003, 05:33 AM	#4
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Greg, Not wanting to start a debate on cameras, but I would suggest that the WB on your XL1 needs an adjustment. I find my XL1 and XL1S WB fine (a little to the warm side). I've never had problems with the WB, be it manual or AWB. I've owned and shot with much more expensive cameras than XL1's and DVX100's and base by opinion on personal experience with the XL1 and those other cameras. Jeff

January 13th, 2003, 09:09 AM	#5
Greg Matty Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 177	Jeff, You may be right but every time I send the camera in to have work done, I get the "we returned your camera to factory specifications" reply from Canon. It doesn't matter how detailed a description I send in or what samples I provide. Canon never seems to address the issue at hand. It seems a tech monkey opens up the camera and presses some sort of reset button and then sends the camera back to me. At this point, it doesn't really matter. Greg Matty