06-10-2011, 03:20 PM
Hi all,
I am regularely using a ColorChecker Passport and its included gray card to create camera profiles and fix my white balance in post. This works exceptionally well with RAW. Now I am starting to use the video possibilities of my 5DII. To my understanding, recording to H.264 will be comparable to taking JPG stills. So my white balance needs to be set correctly before I start capturing any video footage. So now, here is my problem: My gray card is way to small to make an in-camera custom white balance, because for this to work, the card would have to fill the whole picture. Isn't there a setting that let's me sample a spot inside a picture to create a custom white balance, like the color dropper in Adobe Camera Raw? How do professional video shooters deal with this?
Cheers guys,
obsoquasi
I am regularely using a ColorChecker Passport and its included gray card to create camera profiles and fix my white balance in post. This works exceptionally well with RAW. Now I am starting to use the video possibilities of my 5DII. To my understanding, recording to H.264 will be comparable to taking JPG stills. So my white balance needs to be set correctly before I start capturing any video footage. So now, here is my problem: My gray card is way to small to make an in-camera custom white balance, because for this to work, the card would have to fill the whole picture. Isn't there a setting that let's me sample a spot inside a picture to create a custom white balance, like the color dropper in Adobe Camera Raw? How do professional video shooters deal with this?
Cheers guys,
obsoquasi