GH4 Not Too Happy With The GH4 So Far...

[Erik Naso]

Grey card is best. White tends to reflect light and grey is neutral. Sometimes you have to iris down with white.

 

[David W. Jones]

Plumber's crack is a handy way to white balance when shooting on location.

 

[wgzn]

I agree with you, and don't understand it either... Dave Dugdale springs to mind too...

ha!

ever since dugdale "reviewed" a light and said that he didn't know what CTO/CTB meant i've pretty much had a mental block about anything he's said since.

 

[renegadewill]

I am blown away by what I am hearing about white balancing the camera. The gh4 lets you set kelvin temperature. Just dial it in to your lighting and environment. Couldn't be any easier than that.

 

[mcbob]

I am blown away by what I am hearing about white balancing the camera. The gh4 lets you set kelvin temperature. Just dial it in to your lighting and environment. Couldn't be any easier than that.

It could, actually... get to the scene, quick choose a manual white set, whip out a grey or white swatch, plop it affront the camera, whamo - balanced. Results have been good. With Fluoros/LED's/sunlights everywhere, I never really know what the K-value is in any wild setting.

Under lighting I set up? Sure - K away.

 

[Fran Guidry]

I have never been a fan of that expo disk thing. You are reading ambient light at the camera position. Not necessarily the correct white balance you would select for the subject position.

When using the Expodisk don't shoot the WB from the shooting position. move the camera to the subject position, aim it back at where the camera will be for the shot, and do a manual white balance there.

Fran

 

[Bern Caughey]

When using the Expodisk don't shoot the WB from the shooting position. move the camera to the subject position, aim it back at where the camera will be for the shot, and do a manual white balance there.

This is how I use the ExpoDisc too. From the subject's position I point the ExpoDisc at the keylight. Mostly use it for discontinous light sources. With continuous sources I typically use presets or the Kelvin dial.

Grey Cards work great too but the ExpoDisc is much more compact, which is an important feature for my work.

 

[David W. Jones]

When using the Expodisk don't shoot the WB from the shooting position. move the camera to the subject position, aim it back at where the camera will be for the shot, and do a manual white balance there.

Fran

When we have the camera prepped, ready and in position, I am not going to move it twice just so I can white balance.

I would rather have a chart in position.

 

[Erik Naso]

When we have the camera prepped, ready and in position, I am not going to move it twice just so I can white balance.

I would rather have a chart in position.

I've had that issue. It is a pain if the camera is rigged or in a set location. In that situation grey card or dial it in is easier and more practical.
I like the ExpoDisk and keep it in the bag.

 

[Zim]

Looks good to me. Good job