WhiteBalance Problem

[duckster]

I was just assigned a new DVCPro camera (Panasonic AJ-SPC915A). Now I am having trouble with the white balance values. It used to be that on a slight cloudy day, I would get roughly 5600K. Now I always get 4700K with the new camera. Whenever I turned on my Frezzi, I'd get 3200K, now I get 2800K. In hectic situations I liked to use my presets, but with the new WB values I am getting I can't do that. Does anybody know, if this is just a settings problem that I can fix by going into the menu?

[Sean-1966]

I used to use one of the original DVCpro 700's. I sometimes would get some funky numbers come out when WBing but whenever I shot on preset it never let me down. It was one of the best cameras I ever used.

[Run&Gun]

The white balance #'s that are displayed in your viewfinder are for referenence only and are not necessarilly the actual color temp. Yeah that sucks, but once you get used to your camera and what the pic looks like in reference to the #'s you're seeing, you'll be ok.

Is this a US, broadcast model? I can't find it on Panny's website.

[NEWSSHOOTER3]

Yeah, I went from SX's that would go as high as 7, regularly, on a sunny day to a DVD-pro that's 4.3! Took me a LONG to to register that, but I can only assume that's the way these Pannys are?

[SandRat]

I had the same issue when moving from an AJ-D700 to an AJ-SPC615. The values that are shown are pretty close. I'd get a 2.8 when I expected a 3.2 or 3.4. Comparing it to the 3200 preset, the 2.8 definitely looked cooler (temperature-wise).

[Walter Graff]

As someone accurately mentioned those numbers are for reference and not necessarily accurate between cameras or in any one camera. The color temp numbers in a camera are based on r-g and b-g to get the reading and are not like a true three color meter. Also shading in a camera will affect those numbers so if you have certain settings off like gammas, etc you will see different than normal readings. Just get used to teh difernt reference and you'll be fine.

[Dedline]

just for kicks, black balance both your a and b balances, then see if the number changes. if you're gamma or setup is off, that might affect it?