Setting Color Temperature Manually

[asafb]

Hello,
How do I set the color temperature manually on the PMW-EX3? I'd like to set it to K 3700 for example. I know there is Memory A and Memory B and it reads the values from those, but how do I adjust this?
Asaf.

 

[GuyB]

You can't manually set A & B to a specific CT (only take a reading with the white balance button) but if use a picture profile, you can manually set the value of the preset white balance switch position to any value you want. You can even change the value while recording.

 

[Sttratos]

I always wondered if setting it manually to 3200 is the same as getting 3200 doing a white balance.

 

[GuyB]

I'm not sure and thought that myself. I wonder if a white balance reading might also effect the colours in different ways to a manual set WB or if they would just give you the same result.

A good test would a mixed lighing scene (to make it challenging), take a manual reading on A, dial that reading into preset and switch between the two (disable that white shock etc so you get a hard change to make differences more obvious).

 

[Andrew Stone]

Yes "Picture Profile" is your friend. It is a really quick way "menu wise" to adjust the white balance to a specific setting. It also gives you a real time preview of the changes to the color temperature.