DVX 100 A image is too red in low light (Help)

[alchemist_cinema]

Hello,

I have been shooting weddings for awhile and I have a DVX 100A and no matter how many times I try and adjust the white balance indoors at a reception the people all get a very reddish look to them. The shirt is white the Brides dress is white but their complexion is "reddish" I almost always shoot in the F1 standard settings. Even if I have a small 50 light on my camera they still go way to warm. I also notice that the white balance can shift during a shot, or it will slowly compensate for the temperature in the light in the room.

Can anyone help me with any suggestions or experience with this? Thank you

 

[bwest]

you have a lot of work to do...studying settings and learning the camera and the dv25 codec [mindv] Get Barry's book if you haven't and it sounds like you haven't and search search search your subjects. And keep shooting is the only way to learn

 

[Joshua Provost]

If the white balance is shifting, then you are not truly on manual white balance. How about just using the PRST 3.2k setting for indoors? If it's a little off you can color correct in post.

Low light will pretty much always err on the side of red/warmth. The camera is basically picking up next to no blue light. There already isn't a lot of blue light in indoor lighting, and much less when in low light.