White Balance Limitation ?

Postmaster said:
Something you can do also in post (often with less damage), when you CC anyway.
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I don´t want to argue but that´s not completely correct. You cannot CC that easy in a heavily compressed 4:2:0 AVCHD file. WB in camera is done before compression.
 
I use dial in WB for one thing mainly, day for night shots. I want to dial in the setting, a white balance card doesn't help me here. I tune my camera to the other cameras and this method, at least with the AF100, has worked great and the footage used perfectly (at least as told to me by the editor so far).

There are MANY more ways to use things in camera that some people might not think about.
 
Seriously guys this debate is about how someone prefers to work, theres no right or wrong here. Though Felix the statement is true, if a camera doesnt work the way you want it to, there will be another that does.

My issue with this discussion is people on both sides are speculating. Can we have confirmation on the WB controls from someone please? Then everyone should move on with that info and do what they will.
 
Rick - I love your patient and measured moderation. I agree with Noel that we need confirmation of this before going into debate headstrong. Never the less - I do think that we live in an era where expectations of features are a 'given' over a certain price point. I do think that if it is an omission, it would be slightly odd.......awaiting confirmation
 
Speedjunkie to the rescue

Speedjunkie to the rescue

I have to Agree. After Dealing with the Canon Technicolor Picture style on my 7d, the auto, Tungsten or Daylight Settings rendered the incorrect colors, even though I have Manual WB in the 7d i dint realize the importance if properly setting this. it kills you in post if you dont.

I am used to the AUTO and presets which work OK for most situation but the fs100 is going to be my s35 film camera for under 8k, and that manual wb sure would help.

Now just until recently while using the technicolor s cure on the 7d did i learn to properly set my wb// Manualy...... Im sure ther will be a hack for it ...
 
One more note though, Color Correcting is best left to those who know how , I am Just learning how to manualy cc, and I did notice my capturing mistakes ,, all my Blacks were brown and my Skin tones were orange, shooting in Daylight with the Preset for daylight. Maybe ig i would have added more Blue my blacks would have came back meaning increasin the DB level manualy could have lessed the cc time. thats all, I enjoy cc now so no issue for me but hey its all a Learning Curve now .... pun intended
 
FYI…Doug Jensen just posted this about the FS-100 white balance tools…

"Just like any other professional video camcorder from Sony, it has a stadarnd white balance memory A/B switch for storing two custom white balances, a customizable preset setting, and the ability to dial-in a custom color temperature from 2300K to 15000K in 100K increments."
 
it's probably like the ex1. from the switches you can only get daylight, tungsten, or atw. to dial in a custom WB, you need to go into the picture profile and edit the "white" setting.

with that said, i agree that it would piss me off not to have the ability to dial it in and i don't understand the hostility towards the OP for his frustration.
 
FYI…Doug Jensen just posted this about the FS-100 white balance tools…

"Just like any other professional video camcorder from Sony, it has a stadarnd white balance memory A/B switch for storing two custom white balances, a customizable preset setting, and the ability to dial-in a custom color temperature from 2300K to 15000K in 100K increments."
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Let's keep this discussion about white balance. Any other questions I have moved your discussion to another appropriate thread (resolution).

Thanks.
 
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