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Epic Issue

Jason Von Drayco

Jason Von Drayco

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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??
 
Change it under look (in camera)

Ur asking too much right now, maybe soon
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
Eirik Tyrihjel said:
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.
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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.
 
Are User Keys 1 & 2 (SSD Module) not yet definable? I can't find any reference to them in the Ops Guide other than the illustration that shows what they are. Love having those two programmable on my R1.
 
Happened to us a few times... Due to me pressing the AUTO white balance button on the grip. (which we have now turned off)
Thank goodness for RAW... So now when it RCX, just click default on your tint which will ZERO your tint, and all is sweet again.. Make a preset Look and render them all out happily knowing that all is neutral.

Just keep remembering in your head all the time... META DATA color can be changed, just never over expose. :)))
 
I would use RCX vs RCXP right now since it is a firmware build vs a beta build. Also as Toia stated, auto WB adds or subtracts green depending on where you are balancing. Use a hard set balance or dial in a manual WB depending on 3200 or 5600.
 
yes.
SSD.
cheers
David Battistella said:
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?
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Yeah

Yeah

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.
 
Did you go into the menus and reset the tint as suggested?

Jim

Jason Von Drayco said:
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.
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Is tint as a option really needed this day and age... Just curious ? The REDCOLOUR2 setting using straight KELVIN adjustments looks perfect to me.

Is there a reason to have it in the camera. I can see the use of it in RCX and Grading suites. But it always seems to trip me up also. (But doesn't screw me)


Like I siad.. Just curious ?
 
For my part, I like having the ability to change hue and tint in camera metadata, as it can sometimes be helpful when painting to show a director an example of the end-look I may be thinking of. But the number of times I use Auto White Balance is very very low. OK, I'll admit it: zero. When using a non-RAW camera, I like to know that the gels I call for are doing what I expect.
 
Mark Toia said:
Is tint as a option really needed this day and age... Just curious ? The REDCOLOUR2 setting using straight KELVIN adjustments looks perfect to me.

Is there a reason to have it in the camera. I can see the use of it in RCX and Grading suites. But it always seems to trip me up also. (But doesn't screw me)


Like I siad.. Just curious ?
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its nice to have tint when using a color meter
 
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