Setting Up a Shot: Difference between revisions

When filming in light that isn't evenly white (ie it has a tinge of a certain colour) the camera needs to be told what it should consider truly white.  If the white balance is set to auto, and the camera is, for example, used indoors where the light normally has a red tinge, the camera will assess the entire image, determine that red is the dominant colour, and reduce the amount of red in the recording.

To set white balance manually on an HD camera, press the menu button on the screen. Select 'White Balance', then 'one push' to set it.  '''Crucially''' you also have to set the new white balance. Get something truly white (EG white balance card, or thick white paper on a clipboard) to occupy the '''whole''' of the screen at the position your subject will be.  Then press the button on the screen which  looks like a square above two triangles, keep the camera steady until it's finished changing the white balance.  You can now exit the menu.