Question about mini DV color consistancy

[gateway]

Ok, so I know to use a light meter to tell the film camera what f-stop
to use, but what about using a light meter with a mini-DV camera such as
a XL1 or a GL? Does the same process take place ?

[miker]

probably not, but I'm no DoP ... there are obviously f.stop equivilents on the video iris, but you also have the magic of knee and zebra on video

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[gateway]

hopefully someone can tell me how to match up video shot over several days

thanks though

[Jim Bird]

Hi,

This months copy of Camcorder User has an article on this subject and mentioned are two light meters which tell the cameraman what f stop to use.

Jim Bird.

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[miker]

use your camera's white balance, it is much easier to shoot having set white balance than to correct white balance issues in post production.

all you need to do is, with each setup, point the camera at something white (someone holding up the back of their call sheet for instance), zoom in until white fills the frame, and set the white balance.

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