White Balance on V1U at DVinfo.net

Tim Allison · January 8th, 2007, 12:39 PM

I was just told that the V1U does not have a manual white balance feature. Instead, it has two two presets for 3200k and 5600k. First, is this correct? Secondly, has this been as issue with anyone yet?

Boyd Ostroff · January 8th, 2007, 12:44 PM

Welcome to DVinfo Tim. This has been discussed (debunked?) in the following thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...=white+balance

Chris Hurd · January 8th, 2007, 12:52 PM

Be sure to download the V1 owner's manual (link at the top of the forum) and familiarize yourself with it... and please search before posting; chances are that high that whatever it is, we've discussed it before (as with this topic for example).

Zsolt Gordos · January 8th, 2007, 01:06 PM

Tim,

here is a tip for your manual white balancing. I have this Expodisc tool, a white plastic lens kind of thingy which you can attach to your lens while metering white balance. In mixed light conditions it gives very good results with manual WB. Nicer results compared auto or fiddling with white paper.
You can buy it in various diameter sizes, even 62mm, however for the V1 I use my old 77mm ones (bought for my Canon EOS lenses) with a 63-77 step ring.

Boyd Ostroff · January 8th, 2007, 01:20 PM

One of my favorite features on the Z1 is the ability to assign white balance up/down shift to the programmable buttons. See the manual for specifics, and here's another trick I use: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=79394

January 8th, 2007, 12:39 PM	#1
Tim Allison Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Starkville, MS Posts: 96	White Balance on V1U I was just told that the V1U does not have a manual white balance feature. Instead, it has two two presets for 3200k and 5600k. First, is this correct? Secondly, has this been as issue with anyone yet?

January 8th, 2007, 12:52 PM	#3
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January 8th, 2007, 01:06 PM	#4
Zsolt Gordos Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 414	Tim, here is a tip for your manual white balancing. I have this Expodisc tool, a white plastic lens kind of thingy which you can attach to your lens while metering white balance. In mixed light conditions it gives very good results with manual WB. Nicer results compared auto or fiddling with white paper. You can buy it in various diameter sizes, even 62mm, however for the V1 I use my old 77mm ones (bought for my Canon EOS lenses) with a 63-77 step ring. __________________ Sony XDCAM EX1r, Canon 5DMkII, Røde NTG2, Røde NT1000, Røde Stereo Videomic, Sachtler DV6 SB on Gitzo 1325V, Steadicam Merlin, Omnitracker, Hackintosh 3.5Ghz Quad 8Gb RAM

January 8th, 2007, 12:44 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Welcome to DVinfo Tim. This has been discussed (debunked?) in the following thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...=white+balance

January 8th, 2007, 01:20 PM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	One of my favorite features on the Z1 is the ability to assign white balance up/down shift to the programmable buttons. See the manual for specifics, and here's another trick I use: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=79394