Denniscasey
Well-known member
I have asked many questions concerning "quality" of light (i.e, white balance) and thanks to all for helpful responses. This post is just to summarize/clarify what I understand from previous posts and to see if there are other suggestions-- I recognize as a relative novice that these questions/answers are self-evident to those more experienced in photography. The basis for my ongoing concern with quality of light is to do better job in cases where color tone either adds to the scene (and the color tone is really present like sunrise/sunset) or detracts from scene (and may be just a mistake camera is making despite using manual white balance or ATW).
1. HMC40 has no tools available to "display" how much red,blue,green (tone) are actually present. I am thinking it does "measure" ratio of red/blue/green pixels but only uses that to change ratio to what it thinks should be present under normal daylight conditions?
2. Even if I had an instrument to quantitatively display red/blue/green wavelengths actually present, HMC40 does not provide any means to "dial in" color temperature you might want. Others in this forum have criticized limited color temperature adjustment options video cameras have compared to what still cameras offer and now I understand where they are coming from. I think HMC40 uses manual white balance and ATW to adjust to what it thinks should be white in normal light and in doing so can eliminate desirable tones that are present (light at sunset, sunrise for example) or maybe inject undesirable tones that are not actually present. Any new suggestions beyond what has already been suggested (COLOR TEMP or two pre-sets of 3.2K and 5.6K or in some instances pointing camera at white object and using ATW) to "dial in" desired color tone with HMC40?
Thank you, Dennis
1. HMC40 has no tools available to "display" how much red,blue,green (tone) are actually present. I am thinking it does "measure" ratio of red/blue/green pixels but only uses that to change ratio to what it thinks should be present under normal daylight conditions?
2. Even if I had an instrument to quantitatively display red/blue/green wavelengths actually present, HMC40 does not provide any means to "dial in" color temperature you might want. Others in this forum have criticized limited color temperature adjustment options video cameras have compared to what still cameras offer and now I understand where they are coming from. I think HMC40 uses manual white balance and ATW to adjust to what it thinks should be white in normal light and in doing so can eliminate desirable tones that are present (light at sunset, sunrise for example) or maybe inject undesirable tones that are not actually present. Any new suggestions beyond what has already been suggested (COLOR TEMP or two pre-sets of 3.2K and 5.6K or in some instances pointing camera at white object and using ATW) to "dial in" desired color tone with HMC40?
Thank you, Dennis