White Balance Sways...

[jay ram]

On a recent shoot my 100b was swaying in and out of white balance. does anyone know whats up with this?
thanks.

 

[Alex H.]

Were you shooting under flourescent lights?

 

[jay ram]

it was an indoor shoot in a gymnasium. it had fluorescent lights but it also had a good amount of
sun light coming in. I shot in the same location in the past and did not have the problem. A friend of mine said that after time, if becomes common with the DVX to sway out of WB, but i have never heard of that before.

 

[thome]

Whats your WB on?is it on preset?check if the AWT is on.

 

[Alex H.]

it was an indoor shoot in a gymnasium. it had fluorescent lights but it also had a good amount of
sun light coming in. I shot in the same location in the past and did not have the problem. A friend of mine said that after time, if becomes common with the DVX to sway out of WB, but i have never heard of that before.

The sunlight might not have helped. Depends on your shutter speed... if it matched the pulse of the flourescent lighting, you'll see the color balance move on you constantly.

 

[Barry_Green]

If you shoot under fluos or sodium vapors or mercury vapors, with a shutter speed other than 1/60, you will get this effect.