Manual White Bal Problem?

I have a gy dv5000U camera. I am noticing a greenish, sometimes greenish/yellowish tint when I use the manual white balance. I noticed this after an outdoor shoot the other day. I had manually white balanced the camera at 5200k using a white card and the picture was less than pleasing with a greenish look.

I did a little experiment the next day using the 5600k preset, a manual white balance (which again came up as 5200k) and the FAW setting. When switching between the 5200 manual setting and the FAW, there is a noticable difference with the 5200 setting having that green tint and the FAW looking very good. Should there be such a noticeable difference between a manual white balance and the FAW? And if so, shouldn't the manual look better? Well, it doesn't...it looks awful.

I have had this camera since the first of the year and almost every shoot I have done using manual white balance has resulted in having to use color correction in the edit process. I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with the camera. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

My previous camera was a Sony DSR-300a. I could trust the white balance on that camera without thinking twice. With this gy-dv5000, I'm not liking what I'm seeing so far.

Frank

Frank,

When you white balance try to close the iris down 1 f-stop. This happened to me with my white balance chart. When I stopped the iris down a little my colors were good. It is also possible the camera needs to be calibrated.

I have a gy dv5000U camera. I am noticing a greenish, sometimes greenish/yellowish tint when I use the manual white balance. I noticed this after an outdoor shoot the other day. I had manually white balanced the camera at 5200k using a white card and the picture was less than pleasing with a greenish look.

I did a little experiment the next day using the 5600k preset, a manual white balance (which again came up as 5200k) and the FAW setting. When switching between the 5200 manual setting and the FAW, there is a noticable difference with the 5200 setting having that green tint and the FAW looking very good. Should there be such a noticeable difference between a manual white balance and the FAW? And if so, shouldn't the manual look better? Well, it doesn't...it looks awful.

I have had this camera since the first of the year and almost every shoot I have done using manual white balance has resulted in having to use color correction in the edit process. I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with the camera. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

My previous camera was a Sony DSR-300a. I could trust the white balance on that camera without thinking twice. With this gy-dv5000, I'm not liking what I'm seeing so far.

Frank

Lou,

Thanks for the response. I will give that a try.

I think I may also have the camera checked just to make sure the calibration is correct. I sent an email to an authorized JVC service facility yesterday. I will follow up and post the results.

Frank


Frank,

When you white balance try to close the iris down 1 f-stop. This happened to me with my white balance chart. When I stopped the iris down a little my colors were good. It is also possible the camera needs to be calibrated.