A1 having Gain/WB Problem ( Not AGC) Under Multiple Lights

[theiliad]

Hi All,

I'm currently in the process of filming a training video for a hair salon. I'm using two A1s. Both have gain L set to -3db. When I went to review the first days footage there seems to be a large amount of "fluxing" gain or grain in the image. The salon we're filming in has lots of lights, some flouresent, some halogen spots and some normal Tungsten incandencents so I did try to manually set the WB with a 100 IRE card. The image I'm getting is washed out, the blacks look gray and everything is grainy. Does anybody have any ideas of CPs to try and combat this?
I've uploaded a 4 second clip ( shot at 25F and imported to FCP at 1080p25, exported to 720p H264). If you look at the black in it you should see what Im talking about.

http://fyp.ie/declan/XH-A1 Grain Problem 720p H264.mov

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Declan

 

[mayodaze]

That footage looks like A1 footage, not bad, but close to out-of-the-box settings (save the -3db gain). The amount of grain in the blacks, as well, seems to match most of my results, though it doesn't jump out as much because I'm not blasting lights all over the place. But in my experience, the grain is not extremely out of the ordinary.

A lot of people will tell you to raise the blacks in post and you'll get a prettier image, sharper black. If you want an on camera preset that'll make blacks blacker, and most colors a little bit more vivid, the disjecta's VIVIDRGB is pretty popular.