[Jennifer Jones]

Yes, and that’s not the “on / off” button.

As mentioned above, that’s just the button you press to actually do the white balance. In order to switch Auto White Balance off, you must put the WHITE BAL switch in a preset (A or B), switch the camera into “manual”, and make sure your AUTO SW / ATW menu setting is on “off”.

The manual is here in case you are interested: ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasonic/Drivers/PBTS/manuals/OM_AG-HVX200.pdf

The white balance on / off is on page 40.

Thanks anyhow, Noah.

[Jennifer Jones]

Hi Noah –

Thank you for your response. The button on the front of the camera is what you hold while you are white balancing. In other words, you put the camera in a preset (A or B), which is a button on the side of the camera, then hold the button on the front of the camera to get it to auto white balance. The only time you touch the front button is when you’re actually doing an (auto) white balance.

I hope this makes sense.

We just did a quick search for others who might be having this same problem, and we came across this: https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=1884942 . The user here is saying here that the color shifts may be due to the combination of flourescents in the room, and the shutter speed being used:

“Fluorescent (and other ballasted light sources) fluctuate in cycles in time with the power frequency. You need a full 1/60th to capture the full spectrum. If you use 1/75th, you’re only capturing part of the cycle, and that’s what’s giving you the (color shift) problem.”

However, we’re not totally convinced that fluorescent lights / shutter speed combo is the culprit(?). We’re definitely going to give this a shot next time (using a shutter speed of 1/60), but until then, we’re trying to find out a little more info (or, have the camera serviced if it needs it).

I hope all of this is clear. Thanks again for giving it some thought – It’s something we’d like to take care of before the next shoot, that’s for sure!

– Jennifer

[Jennifer Jones]

Perfect! That was it – Thanks, Jeremy.

For those of you stumbling on this post who want to know where the setting is, it’s in: MENU, OTHER FUNCTIONS, PC MODE,
USB DEVICE

Thanks again!

[Jennifer Jones]

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for – Thanks so much, Walter!

[Jennifer Jones]

Hi David –

Thank you for your response. The scopes are of course on, and yes, we see the white levels jump a hair. But with the Broadcast Safe filter on either the TOP or BOTTOM position, the whites are still is within safety.

We were really just curious as to what the “standard” was – Does the Broadcast Safe filter usually go on the TOP or BOTTOM?

Thanks again for your response, though!
– Jennifer

[Jennifer Jones]

Okay, I just figured it out… I needed to not select both layers when applying the Travel Matte Luma in composite mode – I just needed to select the very top one.

Doh! Thanks again for your help – Solved!

[Jennifer Jones]

Hi Aaron – Thank you for your response.

We tried this, and it just made our graphic render completely opaque, and turned the backplate black and white. The “composite mode” was our first instinct, but neither the “Alpha” or “Luma” settings in composite mode did the trick??

I’m totally stumped!

[Jennifer Jones]

Never mind – Just figured it out (change it in the disc / general tab)!

[Jennifer Jones]

Bingo – That was it. Thanks so much Michael (and, I knew it had to be something ‘easy’ like this!) Thanks again!
– Jennifer

[Jennifer Jones]

Oh Lord – That was it. Boy, do I feel stupid.. Thanks, Andy!