great video. thank you. I just wonder why you place the small target box in the grey and not in the white area ? it see that it works, but shouldn't it detect a white area for your custom white balance ?
I plan to in about 1 month when it gets warmer out ;) But in the meantime I think you will learn a lot from this length tutorial I just created here: ruclips.net/video/_4TQ1-oqXaA/видео.html
Hello! thank you for this video--love my a7c camera ---I've managed to set one of the custom WB bits.. im just a happy hobbiest, got a problem with daylight, shade and cloudy --all mega orange ??? have i done something to the camera??? .. would appreciate guidance. thank you .
Thanks for the video, Jason! Could you please suggest on where to put the calibration target in case I film two-person interview having two objects and two main lights on the opposite sides? In the middle? Or where one of two objects are? Thanks!
I would use it twice and check it where each subject will be. The White Balance will be the same for both obviously, but you can also use the target to dial in your exposure if using 2 separate lights. If the lights are converging in the center, then yeah, just checked it in the center area where your interview will be. Enjoy!!
@@maartenjanssen Standard offers a bit more saturation than Neutral straight off the camera I feel like and less work in post ;) However, I am looking into shooting with picture profiles and grading my video soon... It's just another thing I need to learn better first ;)
@@Jason_Hermann Yeah exactly. I come from shooting log on Canon Eos R but I am not comfortable with HLG or S-Log yet. So till I am it’s nice to have a kind of straight out of camera fall back. Or until I make enough money to buy an FX3 or A7SIII and shoot S-Cinetone, haha.
Great video. It fixed my red sun-tan face look. Does one set the light temperature to whatever the Sony says the image kelvin value is? I wasn't sure if I am matching the light to the camera reading or trying to get the camera to match the light kelvin.
Thanks Neil ;) You are configuring the camera to the light in the scene. So, the camera should end up very close to the light color temperature when doing this custom WB.
Really useful information. However, my a7c is driving me nuts as I am using my 1, 2 and 3 memory for video settings (contrasty, cine2, hlg3) and resetting the white balance when in one of these modes is not possible the way you show it with his grey card method. Instead, I would either have to go to the video setting and dig up the memory recall from the menu, or visually change the colour temperature which will never be reliable on the crappy LCD screen that comes with the camera.
Wow it seems so long on the A7C. Is there on the A6600 any possiblity to shortcut this process with the custom button, just the make appear the square to shot a white zone for a quick automatic set ?
Any recommendations setting a proper white balance indoors? I am really struggling with the yellow of the lights and the natural light in the window. It is like having to pick between yellow faces or blue backgrounds. Is post processing / grading with masks the only way to solve this?
Yes, in the white balance menu scroll down to the kelvin/ color temp option. Then press right on the directional pad which will then allow you to change the temperature.
How should i set white balance if i shoot with this camera in the snow? cold to warm white balance, under to over exposed, etc. i have no idea, but i know that on A setting, i often get snow scenes a bit too blue and a bit too underexposed. thanks!
For snow you would want the exposure set to +1 to +2 depending on how much white is in the scene. As far as WB goes, that still depends on shy really. If it's sunny you would want sunny, if cloudy out you would want cloudy.
When I need to set white balance, I just tweak the screen for what I see outside the screen. Obviously, I’m not a product photographer, so, who needs accuracy? I set what I like. 😅
On the A7C, can you set the custom white balance like this in Memory Recall mode (top dial set in either of the three memory slots)? - this is not possible on the A7R4 when using the memory recall positions on the dial.
Great question and no you can't set the custom WB when in a memory mode. You would need to set the white balance first then save it in a memory mode in order to hold it. Weird....
@@Jason_Hermann Yeah, that's how it's been. Slight workaround is to use AWB Lock to just lock the WB on a gray card (have a custom button set to AWB Lock Toggle). I understand the concept in theory of blocking out the changing of a custom WB (custom 1, 2, 3) when dealing with memory settings, but I think the way most people use the memory recall is not for very specific settings, but more for general settings - I mean, you can change virtually everything else while in memory recall, including custom picture profiles, but you can't set a manual WB with a gray card. Sony should just add a "MANU" manual mode in the WB menu where you can utilize the in-camera snapshot of a gray card to set a K temp. Or a "Detect" option in the current "C. Temp/Filter" menu section that does that same.
@@Jason_Hermann Also, interesting enough, at least with the other Sony's like A7R4 and A7R3, what you set inside the custom 1,2,3 WB positions are not maintained when you switch into the Memory Recalls. If you switch into Movie mode and set the custom WBs, and then switch into Memory Recall, it's not retained.
That would be a good idea. For my purposes I have one set for how I use the camera in my studio, and the white balance is hard set to 5500k which is what I currently have my lights set to and custom wb confirmed the accuracy. So, I don't change the settings when sitting in front of the camera other than the focus area sometimes and facial recognition. I have another setting for 120p video footage, but to your point have the white balance set to auto by default, but often need to change depending on the scene and making a custom is not an option. So, I use the best option for whatever lighting I'm in in those cases, and when in a studio environment I dial in the temp manually.
Yeah the settings not carrying over are weird, but I believe why Sony did that is to keep separate workflows in tact. The camera is so powerful and configurable, but it would be really nice to be able to custom set the WB in the memory modes I totally agree!!
i think you actually make me smarter.... i studied you for 3 weeks and now im disgusted by automatic mode lol
Excellent tutorial! Explained very well. Just what I was looking for 👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
great video. thank you. I just wonder why you place the small target box in the grey and not in the white area ? it see that it works, but shouldn't it detect a white area for your custom white balance ?
Thanks for the comments and gray is the ideal color to use, but you could also use the white if you wanted.
can you make a video about vlog settings and how to use the same kit lens when buying the camera out the store... please
I plan to in about 1 month when it gets warmer out ;) But in the meantime I think you will learn a lot from this length tutorial I just created here: ruclips.net/video/_4TQ1-oqXaA/видео.html
@@Jason_Hermann Do you do one on one zoom calls?
Yeah, I sure do!
A big help as always!
Awesome, thanks!!
It was useful) thank you)
You're welcome!
Hello! thank you for this video--love my a7c camera ---I've managed to set one of the custom WB bits.. im just a happy hobbiest, got a problem with daylight, shade and cloudy --all mega orange ??? have i done something to the camera??? .. would appreciate guidance. thank you .
Thanks
Thanks for the video, Jason!
Could you please suggest on where to put the calibration target in case I film two-person interview having two objects and two main lights on the opposite sides? In the middle? Or where one of two objects are?
Thanks!
I would use it twice and check it where each subject will be. The White Balance will be the same for both obviously, but you can also use the target to dial in your exposure if using 2 separate lights. If the lights are converging in the center, then yeah, just checked it in the center area where your interview will be. Enjoy!!
Thanks! I like the colors in the talking head sections of this video. May I ask what picture profile/creative style settings you use?
Hello, for this video I was using no picture profile and the standard creative style.
@@Jason_Hermann Hmm, nice. Thanks, appreciate it! I might switch to Standard then instead of Neutral.
@@maartenjanssen Standard offers a bit more saturation than Neutral straight off the camera I feel like and less work in post ;) However, I am looking into shooting with picture profiles and grading my video soon... It's just another thing I need to learn better first ;)
@@Jason_Hermann Yeah exactly. I come from shooting log on Canon Eos R but I am not comfortable with HLG or S-Log yet. So till I am it’s nice to have a kind of straight out of camera fall back.
Or until I make enough money to buy an FX3 or A7SIII and shoot S-Cinetone, haha.
Great video. It fixed my red sun-tan face look. Does one set the light temperature to whatever the Sony says the image kelvin value is? I wasn't sure if I am matching the light to the camera reading or trying to get the camera to match the light kelvin.
Thanks Neil ;) You are configuring the camera to the light in the scene. So, the camera should end up very close to the light color temperature when doing this custom WB.
@@Jason_Hermann thanks.
Really useful information. However, my a7c is driving me nuts as I am using my 1, 2 and 3 memory for video settings (contrasty, cine2, hlg3) and resetting the white balance when in one of these modes is not possible the way you show it with his grey card method. Instead, I would either have to go to the video setting and dig up the memory recall from the menu, or visually change the colour temperature which will never be reliable on the crappy LCD screen that comes with the camera.
Weird… The a7iv let’s you change WB in custom modes.
Wow it seems so long on the A7C. Is there on the A6600 any possiblity to shortcut this process with the custom button, just the make appear the square to shot a white zone for a quick automatic set ?
I don't know of anyway to speed this up on the A7C, sorry... Basically you need to get to the ISO settings area so you can select custom...
Any recommendations setting a proper white balance indoors? I am really struggling with the yellow of the lights and the natural light in the window. It is like having to pick between yellow faces or blue backgrounds. Is post processing / grading with masks the only way to solve this?
Intro 🔥😂
Can you manually set a Kelvin white balance setting on a Sony a7iii?
Yes, in the white balance menu scroll down to the kelvin/ color temp option. Then press right on the directional pad which will then allow you to change the temperature.
How should i set white balance if i shoot with this camera in the snow? cold to warm white balance, under to over exposed, etc. i have no idea, but i know that on A setting, i often get snow scenes a bit too blue and a bit too underexposed. thanks!
For snow you would want the exposure set to +1 to +2 depending on how much white is in the scene. As far as WB goes, that still depends on shy really. If it's sunny you would want sunny, if cloudy out you would want cloudy.
When I need to set white balance, I just tweak the screen for what I see outside the screen. Obviously, I’m not a product photographer, so, who needs accuracy? I set what I like. 😅
Whatever works for you!
On the A7C, can you set the custom white balance like this in Memory Recall mode (top dial set in either of the three memory slots)? - this is not possible on the A7R4 when using the memory recall positions on the dial.
Great question and no you can't set the custom WB when in a memory mode. You would need to set the white balance first then save it in a memory mode in order to hold it. Weird....
@@Jason_Hermann Yeah, that's how it's been. Slight workaround is to use AWB Lock to just lock the WB on a gray card (have a custom button set to AWB Lock Toggle). I understand the concept in theory of blocking out the changing of a custom WB (custom 1, 2, 3) when dealing with memory settings, but I think the way most people use the memory recall is not for very specific settings, but more for general settings - I mean, you can change virtually everything else while in memory recall, including custom picture profiles, but you can't set a manual WB with a gray card. Sony should just add a "MANU" manual mode in the WB menu where you can utilize the in-camera snapshot of a gray card to set a K temp. Or a "Detect" option in the current "C. Temp/Filter" menu section that does that same.
@@Jason_Hermann Also, interesting enough, at least with the other Sony's like A7R4 and A7R3, what you set inside the custom 1,2,3 WB positions are not maintained when you switch into the Memory Recalls. If you switch into Movie mode and set the custom WBs, and then switch into Memory Recall, it's not retained.
That would be a good idea. For my purposes I have one set for how I use the camera in my studio, and the white balance is hard set to 5500k which is what I currently have my lights set to and custom wb confirmed the accuracy. So, I don't change the settings when sitting in front of the camera other than the focus area sometimes and facial recognition. I have another setting for 120p video footage, but to your point have the white balance set to auto by default, but often need to change depending on the scene and making a custom is not an option. So, I use the best option for whatever lighting I'm in in those cases, and when in a studio environment I dial in the temp manually.
Yeah the settings not carrying over are weird, but I believe why Sony did that is to keep separate workflows in tact. The camera is so powerful and configurable, but it would be really nice to be able to custom set the WB in the memory modes I totally agree!!
i have a 6300 and a 7c and i absoluteöy hate sony for making it so complicated. should i switch to canon? one button and its done
How about white balance for video?
I have 5500 k and i don't know how to change it
I have noticed that the camera goes to what thinks is right, after i click and takes a sample. I will just live it :)
Does this work for video, too?
Yes.
Degrees Fahrenheit is a unit of measurement. Degrees Kelvin is not. It's just Kelvin lol
;)