Auto White Balance Off?

Jim Brennan

Jim Brennan

VHS Member Old Skool
I just finished building some DIY flos and went bulb shopping. I thought the best way to compare was to check a "real" daylight balanced flo against my home depot ones by white balancing with different bulbs to see what difference (if any) there was.

All seemed to be going fine until I decided (just for grins) to see how the bulbs looked using the AWB set to 56K (which I rarely use). The whiteboard looked green. This was discouraging, but then I tried the "real" bulb, and it was also greenish. So, I panned the camera out my window, and my white arbor also looked green.

Now, it's all good when I manually white balance, and I never noticed any problems on the occasions when I have been outside and relied on the 56K preset. But is it possible for the AWB setting to be off?
 
I was able to borrow another DVX and do a side by side comparison, and the AWB on mine is definitely off. ANyone ever had this problem? I am curious if it's worth fixing.
 
Are you talking about auto tracking white balance, or the daylight preset? If you're talking about automatic tracking white balance, make sure the awb sensor window is clean and free from any obstructions. IIRC it's a little dark plastic window by the s-video port (but I may be thinking HVX here, so check the manual.)
 
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