Lightning Outside Issues

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IvanTsang

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Hi all

so i'm a making a fun feature. i've used over 30 people in the cast already.

but I noticed when I've been shooting outside on bright days evereything comes out WHITE. mainly cuz it's so bright.

what do i need to buy. I asked the dude at best buy and he said a Polarized lens for 72mm but they don't sell that at best buy.

i treiid l ooking that up online and i only found one thing.

so what do i need guys. help me out! do i need to take apart my camerea to add this lens as well?
so far i've tried shooting in darker areas undere shadows but i'd like to shoot outside more where i don't have to hide under stuff!

ok thanks. just assume I know nothing.

pictures and links welcomed.
 
Try Searching for a Polorizing and a Neutral Deisity FILTER
these are extra filters that screw onto the front of your lense to darken the picutre.

- Mikko
 
"but I noticed when I've been shooting outside on bright days evereything comes out WHITE"

You have been using the built in ND filters, right?
 
ya

ND filters.

either everything comes out blue when i use the ND.

also recnetly for some reason the ND is stuck and when i move the button the filter dont cocme on
 
When you use the ND you must set the white balance again. BH and EVS should carry 72mm filters.

Ulisses
 
i think you dont NEED to buy anything... you can do it if u want but you only NEED to use the ND, then make a WB, a BB, and set the iris.

Well, of course try not to have to bright bakgrounds (like the sun), keeping in your mind the latitude.

Thats all
 
How can people know nothing even about filters and own such a technical camera as the DVX? If you actually did search for 72mm Polarizing filter, you would have gotten 8,060 results on google, not just one. The best place to buy filters is ebay, as you can get them for way cheaper. The only brands you should consider are B+W, Hoya, and Tiffen. Make sure whatever you put in front of your lens is good glass, or your picture quality will just degrade.
 
You certainly shouldn't have to. The whole point of a neutral density filter is that it should be "neutral". If your filter has any sort of tint to it, then yes WB may be preferable, but there's no reason to expect that that should be the case. A neutral density filter should be completely neutral.

Now, I guess that what Ulisses is saying is true if your video was horribly overexposed due to there not being an ND filter in place -- wildly overexposed video will not likely yield proper WB results. But if you have good exposure at f/8, then you engage the ND to let you open up to f/2, there should be no need to re-WB for that case.
 
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