White Balance and Black Level Adjustments
I was talking to a friend that is in televison and he was telling me each time they set up a white balance that thier cameras have a switch for the black levels also.
Is it fesable on the ex1 to adjust the black levels on each shoot, if so by how much? |
This may be a good place to start
HOW TO: Manually White/Black Balance with a Vectorscope by Art Adams on PVC.
The title actually mentions the use of a Paintbox, but you use the camera matrix controls for that (Picture Profiles). George/ |
The black balance is not something that is carried out every day as a general rule. Presumably the PP settings will ensure correct black balance on the EX1 depending on the one selected.
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yes, the BLACK level can be adjusted in PP. Whether it's wise to do so, without a waveform monitor, is another matter, entirely.
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Having now put the EX1 to good use I can tell you it is absolutely necessary to set the black point for every shot for the best results. The histogram works fine for this. Read up on what Randy has written on how to do this with the histogram. It was Randy who put me onto this and it is the best piece of advice I have been given here. |
Randy Link
Could you please give the link for the Randy article?
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Black Balance is different to Black Point. Black Balance is where the black or dark output level of the 3 sensors (CCD's or CMOS) is matched by adjusting the pre-amp gain or off-set. The Black Point is an adjustment that takes the combined output of the 3 sensors and allows an offset to be applied that raises or lowers the combined dark signal level.
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