Does anyone have a list of light temperatures (ie.5600k, 3200k) that will simulate warm/cool white balance cards? What I love about the EX1 is how customizable the white balance temps are. IMO, the Vortex Media cards are way overpriced when its much easier for us EX1/EX3 users to just customize the picture profile. My goal is to enhance sunsets/magic hour lighting as well as cool down amber indoor lighting. Any help would be great.
Picture Profiles to simulate warm/cool cards?
- Thread starter jdert
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unfortunately don't have time to customize my own, but I just found this thread http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=46722
Those look pretty spot on and even include the green warming colors, I shall test these and come back with my results. But, if anyone has picture profile's already setup I'd love to know.
Those look pretty spot on and even include the green warming colors, I shall test these and come back with my results. But, if anyone has picture profile's already setup I'd love to know.
Buck Forester
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To make something look warmer, you have to have the white balance set to look warmer than the current white balance conditions. You won't know for sure the current white balance conditions unless you have a white balance card, so you're just guessing at what might be a warmer temperature setting.
You can use very generic settings, say for bright sunshine and for tungsten indoors and for shade, but you won't have any real consistency in doing so. Since I use my Vortex Warm Cards for every shoot, I find them invaluable and very inexpensive for the results I'm getting and the frequency I use them. It's not like you have to buy new cards. I'm not tied into Vortex (I'm sure other professional level white balance cards are excellent too), but if you're gonna shoot seriously and shoot more than a few times, I'd seriously consider investing in some cards. Especially after investing many thousands into the camera itself. Why not make your footage look consistently its best?