My Scene Files from my DVX100B

[steveandbelinda]

I took my DVX100B to my church yesterday to try ot what some of the scene files posted on this website would look like. I have a wedding coming up in a week and a half, and someone told me I should try filming in 30P. I usually shoot in 60i, and on scene file #1 (factory setting) Yesterday was a sunny day, and the church had most of their chandeliers on (incandecant bulbs). The interior has off white walls, and everything seemed to have a orange tint. The following is a slideshow of clips that I took from each scene file movie. The ones that say "Mysettings" were where I bumped up "Color Temp" to +7. Give me your opinions, please. Someone told me to use 8-Ball Press High, for my upcoming wedding, and as you can see in the slideshow, it's horrible!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdoVqhpT9k&feature=player_embedded

 

[thome]

Hi Steve..

Did you white balance all the shots?or were you using the presets?

My advice would be to shoot flat or rather close to then make adjustments in post,avoid any colors as correcting them in post is hell .. maybe use some thing like

MASTER PEDESTAL: -8
MATRIX: CINE
DETAIL LEVEL: -2
DETAIL CORING: +2
V DETAIL LEVEL: -1
V DETAIL FREQ: THIN
GAMMA: CINE-D
KNEE: LOW
CHROMA LEVEL: +2
CHROMA PHASE: 0
COLOR TEMP: 0 or -1
SKIN TONE DTL: OFF
PROGRESSIVE: 24PA

Iv seen alot of advise on using 30p during weddings...just do a search here and you'll find lots of hits.

 

[steveandbelinda]

I did manual white balance in the beginning, and then again somewhere in the middle of all the shots. But I did not change location from one shot to the other. I don't want to gamble with the footage on this wedding, so not sure if there is any difference in editing, other than changing the preferences to progressive. I may be using a GL2 also, as a second camera for fill in shots, so maybe I better stick to 60i? I don't think you can do 30p or 24p with the Cannon. I usually use both, but can't I guess if I choose to shoot anything other than 60i, right?

 

[thome]

I did manual white balance in the beginning, and then again somewhere in the middle of all the shots. But I did not change location from one shot to the other. I don't want to gamble with the footage on this wedding, so not sure if there is any difference in editing, other than changing the preferences to progressive. I may be using a GL2 also, as a second camera for fill in shots, so maybe I better stick to 60i? I don't think you can do 30p or 24p with the Cannon. I usually use both, but can't I guess if I choose to shoot anything other than 60i, right?

I thought so...your problem must be white balance,when you change frame rates you must white balance(i stand to be corrected)no wonder some of the shots are really saturated
You need to WB when..
you move your lights
change frame rates
And i think when you change some of the scene file settings.
...try using the custom presets if you think you'll forget and don't forget to WB when you switch from 30p to 24p
Apparently 30p and 60i are the same...i just saw this some where but im waiting for an explanation so i cant really comment about the Cannon.
but im sure the pros will answer you.

30p should work fine for the DVX

 

[steveandbelinda]

Only problems is, if you check my youtube video, the pics that say "SceneFile#1,2,3, & four were white balanced on scene #1 and look how orange-ish it looks. The actual colors of the inside of the church looked most like the ones that are "MySettings" pics. I did also check my manual for the Canon, and it is strictly 60i, so if I am going to use both, I guess I have no choice but to shoot 60i. When I said something earlier about settings between 60i/30p/& 24p, Barry Green answered me back and said that I can take the settings that people have posted here and just turn progressive off, and I will have a setting that can be used for 60i. As for using the preset button, that would sure help with with the possibility of forgetting, but somewhere in the manual it states that if you use the preset, there are some settings on the camera that gets nullified.