Epic Issue

[Jason Von Drayco]

We were shooting on our Epic M a small music video and are on firmware 1.6.4 and even after a factory reset, when we bring anything filmed into RCXP, the tint for the clips it automatically set to +19 green. Is any one else having this issue or just us??? Also, is there a way to increase the thickness of the lines in false colour > focus or am I asking for too much??

[Justin Marx]

Change it under look (in camera)

Ur asking too much right now, maybe soon

[Dan Kanes]

Are you using a custom white balance or a preset?

You can create a look profile in RCX and then apply that globally to a bin very easily to put white balance where you want it for a whole mag.

Hope that makes sense to you.

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

Next time: double check your tint settings by pressing the color temperature number on the LCD, keep it pressed and you get the secondary menu, where you can read out the tint setting and change it.

I am very annoyed by the tint myself, it´s so easy to accidentally press a button assigned "auto white balance" without even noticing it, and if you just change the color temperature back the tint is hidden and so easy to overlook.

it´s all meta data of course, but I think there should be NO auto white balance buttons, and those who wants them should assign them to user buttons. or at least there should be a "auto white balance in progress, continue?" screen.

[Paul Nordin]

Next time: double check your tint settings by pressing the color temperature number on the LCD, keep it pressed and you get the secondary menu, where you can read out the tint setting and change it.

I am very annoyed by the tint myself, it´s so easy to accidentally press a button assigned "auto white balance" without even noticing it,it´s all meta data of course, but I think there should be NO auto white balance buttons, and those who wants them should assign them to user buttons. or at least there should be a "auto white balance in progress, continue?" screen.

I couldn't agree more. And the solution is actually quite easy. Just remap the keycodes in the Settings menu for the offending keys, like side handle user button B. Save the keymapping to a custom preset, and you are good to go. No more inadvertant auto-white balance.

I would consider this (following reading the Epic User Guide) as step #1 in being an Epic owner.

[Gunleik Groven]

Next time: double check your tint settings by pressing the color temperature number on the LCD, keep it pressed and you get the secondary menu, where you can read out the tint setting and change it.

I am very annoyed by the tint myself, it´s so easy to accidentally press a button assigned "auto white balance" without even noticing it, and if you just change the color temperature back the tint is hidden and so easy to overlook.

it´s all meta data of course, but I think there should be NO auto white balance buttons, and those who wants them should assign them to user buttons. or at least there should be a "auto white balance in progress, continue?" screen.

+1 to all of this

[Mark Pugh]

[QUOTE=Eirik Tyrihjel;823458I think there should be NO auto white balance buttons, and those who wants them should assign them to user buttons. or at least there should be a "auto white balance in progress, continue?" screen.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely.
I've NEVER wanted to use the AWB on a Red one or Epic, in almost four years, but it's sure been bumped a few times.

[David Battistella]

Can you remaP the user settings yet and save them to a file or some internal memory.

I loved carrying a small sd card from camera to camera giving them all the same settings.

Can that be done wirelessly now with EPIC?

Where are the settings and look files stored?

[Raphael Varandas]

yes.
SSD.
cheers

Can you remaP the user settings yet and save them to a file or some internal memory.

I loved carrying a small sd card from camera to camera giving them all the same settings.

Can that be done wirelessly now with EPIC?

Where are the settings and look files stored?

[Jason Von Drayco]

Yeah, not sure how many of you missed the part where it said, "I did a full factory reset" so, just to reiterate,

1. I have just now done a full factory reset on the camera 5 times. Also have checked for look and all the profiles and its neutral.

2. Without doing anything else, I record something from where the camera is. I did not have side handle on in case the wind pushed the button auto WB button behind my back.

3. I take SSD and Put into RCXP and all clips have +19 Green tint. Same for RCX so i dont think its software problem.

And yes its not a huge problem for me as i would just profile it, but when people with no brains hire out the camera, i don't want phone calls at 3am asking why all the clips are green.