Martin Rieder

Hi Andrew!

Great guide and thaks for the discount! I have a question. Maybe it's me that misunderstand it, but in the guide you write:

Also, some of the newer cameras have a Ambient White Balance mode (AWB). I recommend to enable this or dial the settings below (A-B G-M) into the camera white balance adjustment menu.

Does this mean that I don't need to do the A-B G-M adjustment when using AWB?

25 minutes ago, Davey said:

1) Set all three Custom WB profiles with the same B2M2 settings - these are saved forever until you make changes to those specific values

2) Shoot grey card

3) Enter that Kelvin value into any of the three Custom WB profiles.

Most values are never far away from 3200 / 5600 / 7000 so if you want to be in the ballpark to begin with then just do as advised in the PDF.

You could have the second and third profiles set to 3200 and 7000 then use the first one as an 'exact' white balance according to the scene you are shooting currently when using a grey card.

 

A note to those, like me, who always went auto WB - it takes time to build a bit of muscle memory for when shooting greatly diverse scenes and having to remember to change between Custom WB profiles. I have gone from 3200 indoors, dashed outside into searing sunshine to catch the bride, and nearly called an ambulance because she looked on the verge of dying.

Ok, so you're saying use a grey card to set all three custom WB. But I really have a problem hitting those values in the PDF. I can't dim or make my lights brighter.  I really have a hard time figuring this out. I might not understand it completly. Anyone have a video guide? :-)

On 28/3/2017 at 5:20 PM, Davey said:

Strange. My greens are rich and deep but then I don't trust AWB. Get a grey card and see if there is any difference.

So if I use a grey card to WB with the eoshd settings, do I then still do the B2M2 adjustments?

I bought the PDF and I have an A6500. Maybe I'm not reading the manual right, but I really don't understand the white balance part. Or how I should achieve it I should say. Do I point the camera at a white- or grey card until I reach the K? Or just point the camera around without white- or great card?

I think it's really hard to hit those numbers. Can I alternatively use a white card to white balance every time instead? And then make the B2M2 adjustment?

One last thing. The PDF says that A6500 does not allow color depth adjustment while an S-Gamut color mode is selected. I can choose S-Gamut3.Cine and adjust Color Depth on my A6500. So do I keep the S-Gamut3.Cine color mode or Cine4 as the PDF states? Confusing.