I've been shooting Sony for years and I never knew about the AWB Lock! This is going to make navigating those super mixed lighting hotels so much easier!
Great tips. Although it sounds so obvious now, back when I also realised I should match my bi-color lighting to the room lights in the reception, it was such a relief to be able to have consistent light in receptions. Definitely worth investing in bi-color just for this reason alone! So many LED options available now too
The white balance is definitely a problem, I adjust it manually, but then I have to fix it on the post, but your method is very practical,As for auto-tuning, it always fails
awesome video!! been using sonys for years and had no idea about a lock toggle for AWB! what settings you suggest for dark DJ dance floor when there are rgb lights everywhere? You didnt cover that bit
I usually use ambience WB or white WB and then toggle to L (block it) The issue of the toggle/auto ambience WB is it doesn’t tell you the temperature chosen so you cannot communicate that to the second shooter
Had a DJ's assistant (1 of 4) once ask me to turn my lights off multiple times during dancing because they were "ruining the experience", even though he was shining 6500K white massively bright movers onto the dance floor, when the ambient lights were tungsten (which mine matched). I told the assistant something like "I'll turn them off once my job is finished, but until then, I'm keeping them on because I wouldn't tell the DJ to turn his off" (even though his were the ones ruining the experience in my opinion. But I'm just a videographer who doesn't know anything about lighting or cinematography, right?
Love that response lol Yeah it's unfortunate and most DJ's I work with don't care but its always the DJs with these elaborate light setups that turn the dance floor into a seizure inducing rave that have egos. This past weekend one bridesmaid asked if I could turn them off cause the bride said they are too bright. At that point I was just like, well I guess I get to go home early. it was pitch black on the dance floor. No ambient lighting, no DJ lights, you couldn't see jack. I just used my MC Pro to capture the rest but definitely wasn't as good as it could be.
I've been shooting Sony for years and I never knew about the AWB Lock! This is going to make navigating those super mixed lighting hotels so much easier!
Thank you so much for this!
amazing work. Helped a lot!
If you want more video ideas that we as audience can find helpful i would be glad to ask! Love your tutorials.
Great tips. Although it sounds so obvious now, back when I also realised I should match my bi-color lighting to the room lights in the reception, it was such a relief to be able to have consistent light in receptions. Definitely worth investing in bi-color just for this reason alone! So many LED options available now too
@@TheFilmCouple_ 100% something I didn’t really know until a few years ago either. Plenty of light options out there 💪
If you're shooting on Sony, you can also use the camera's body cap to set a custom WB 🤯
Oooo this is a good one!
I've been using Sony's Cine EI workflow for so long that I forgot all about AWB Lock!
The white balance is definitely a problem, I adjust it manually, but then I have to fix it on the post, but your method is very practical,As for auto-tuning, it always fails
It's a beast to master and it's usually never PERFECT. I always end up tinkering but for the most part these practical approaches help!
awesome video!! been using sonys for years and had no idea about a lock toggle for AWB! what settings you suggest for dark DJ dance floor when there are rgb lights everywhere? You didnt cover that bit
I generally keep my white balance between 3500 - 4200K it really depends on the mix of color.
I usually use ambience WB or white WB and then toggle to L (block it) The issue of the toggle/auto ambience WB is it doesn’t tell you the temperature chosen so you cannot communicate that to the second shooter
Did you try the lens cap and use it as a target to set the white balance? because i think that has a same function like Expo Disc ?
@@nicolaussuryadharma I didn’t but those are both solid options!
@@WaywardNorth hey, if you don’t mind can you try it and then tell the result and your opinion about it ?
Had a DJ's assistant (1 of 4) once ask me to turn my lights off multiple times during dancing because they were "ruining the experience", even though he was shining 6500K white massively bright movers onto the dance floor, when the ambient lights were tungsten (which mine matched). I told the assistant something like "I'll turn them off once my job is finished, but until then, I'm keeping them on because I wouldn't tell the DJ to turn his off" (even though his were the ones ruining the experience in my opinion. But I'm just a videographer who doesn't know anything about lighting or cinematography, right?
Love that response lol Yeah it's unfortunate and most DJ's I work with don't care but its always the DJs with these elaborate light setups that turn the dance floor into a seizure inducing rave that have egos. This past weekend one bridesmaid asked if I could turn them off cause the bride said they are too bright. At that point I was just like, well I guess I get to go home early. it was pitch black on the dance floor. No ambient lighting, no DJ lights, you couldn't see jack. I just used my MC Pro to capture the rest but definitely wasn't as good as it could be.