Sunny Day, outdoor shoot, purple everywhere

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GonkNebraska

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Hi. I need some help. I was at the beach today and it was very sunny and bright. I had my DVX100B with me and just shots random things, for me to basically get to grips with the features of the camera more.

Anyway, i'd adjusted the ND filter and white balance to capture the surroundings clearly, and it all looked great on the LCD. However, when i got home and imported the footage onto Premier 6.5, there was purple everywhere. Wherever the brightest parts of the footage were, it was basically all purple - most of the sky and the sea from the bright sun shining on it.

Now, how come it all looked fine on the camera, and i only saw the damage in post?

Are there specific scene settings i should be using, or is it premier's fault.

Please help me eradicate this problem. If i do need to set the scene to a specific way, please share.

Also, are there any add on's i could buy that could help me with this?


Thanks...
 
Ive found out that LCD doesnt show purple/redish colors very good. Use viewfinder to check out colors more accurate. You can also try to adjust your LCD settings to match up with your monitor..
DVX's LCD also sometimes shows whites a bit blueish, but when viewing it on monitor it looks normal...

I think that you can fix your footage in post by adding some blue(?) and a bit green(?) color to your footage..
 
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Ok, here are some images (Apologies for the slightly dirtly lens, some dog shuck itself near it)

PURPLE2.jpg
PURPLE1.jpg


PURPLE3.jpg


PURPLE4.jpg



Now, this next one was taken looking the opposite direction. Although it is much better, hints of purple still sneak in.


PURPLE5.jpg



So the ones facing the direction of the sun are worse, and i've found this when shooting with all bright light.
So, anyone got any ideas on how to solve this?
 
I'm with JP, these definitely look overexposed, and the white balance is off. Use your zebras to help with exposure, and when in doubt use your outdoor white balance preset.
-Kevin
 
I think you should also black balance the camera, the black parts look pretty greyish (in addition to a totally off white balance and overexposure).

However I can't imagine how you got it to look that purple with a wrong white balance. Usually you'll get different types of blue or yellow to red, but not purple, when your white balance is wrong. I'd check the camera immediately (do a few test shots with different white balance settings in a neutral scene file)
 
Well, for the white balance, i just fiddled with the little wheel until the bright white that i could see through the viewfinder and LCD was gone. It was on B too by the way, since the A and PRST options made it look green and blue all over.

It was so sunny i also switched the ND filter to 1/64.

I mean there was no sight of any purple when i looked through the viewfinder or anything, it only showed up when i captured it into premier.
 
GonkNebraska said:
Well, for the white balance, i just fiddled with the little wheel until the bright white that i could see through the viewfinder and LCD was gone. It was on B too by the way, since the A and PRST options made it look green and blue all over.
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Yeh, you need to read the manual and Barry Green book.

A and B are meaningless in and of themselves. They store manual white balance settings that you need to define by pressing the WB button under the lens. If you didn't do a manual white balance adjustment after switching to A or B, then there is really no way of knowing what the white balance was set to. Same goes for the PRST, except it just toggles back and forth between tungsten and daylight balance using the same button.

If it looked blue on PRST it is because it was set to tungsten (3.2k). Set it to PRST and hit the WB button until 5.6k comes on the screen and that will work work most outdoors shots.

To use A or B, set it to one, and do a proper white balancing procedure where you use a white or gray card and hit the WB button and let the camera adjust.

The little dial is the manual iris. You need to turn on the 100% zebras and close the iris until the zebras disappear. You can use the ND filter as well. The 1/64 is needed for most outdoor shooting.

Like I said, read the manual. The manual controls on the DVX can be very confusing the first couple times out.
 
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