How To Set White Balance - Sony FX3 / FX30 / A7SIII

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How to use the white balance tools on Sony mirrorless cameras when shooting video. I demonstrate all of the white balancing tools including the auto white balance, presets and custom settings on my Sony FX3. I then show how I use these tools to set white balance when shooting in a mixed lighting setting.
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How I set up my FX3 - • Sony FX3 / FX30 Custom...
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00:00 - Intro & Setup
01:41 - Auto White Balance
04:11 - Priority Set in AWB
04:55 - Presets
05:48 - Shockless White Balance
06:51 - Colour Temperature / Filter
07:18 - Custom White Balance
08:44 - Mixed Lighting
09:37 - AWB Locking
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@DrWasim 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been searching for such a long time, before I found this. Almost, no one addresses the function of adjusting Amber, blue, green, and magenta. You explained it perfectly, and now I have a much better understanding of it.subscribed.

@PaulJoy 3 месяца назад

You're very welcome, thanks for the sub :)

@MartinLutherMcCoy 4 месяца назад

This vid makes me want to stop and go through all your vids and just make a whole day of experimenting and experiencing the joy of knowing how these tools are supposed to be used. Thx

@PaulJoy 4 месяца назад

Really pleased you like the videos, thanks loads for letting me know.

@cinematools9621 2 года назад

After watching your video, I realized how little I know about WB settings in Sony cameras. Thank you.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Seriously, the same thing happens to me when I make them!

@katsophoto 2 года назад

That was the best video so far to help me understand white balance options for my new Alpha 1. Thank you so much!

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks so much for letting me know.

@lspeventmedia7836 Год назад

Paul, your channel is most helpful. I've leant a lot from them. a BIG thank you.

@PaulJoy Год назад

Thanks for letting me know :)

@Saeshmedia 2 года назад

Just found your channel. This is a great tutorial. Everything important is well explained. I liked and subscribed 😊👍🏻 keep up that good work

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks loads for letting me know it helped and welcome to the channel. More content coming soon.

@raakgu Год назад

After watching this video I imported some footage into Davinci Resolve and it was perfectly white balanced and the color graphs were all even. Thanks! This will save me countless hours of time editing.

@PaulJoy Год назад

Great stuff, glad it helped.

@MUSAVISUALMEDIA 2 года назад

PAUL! Another banger!! The custom WB settings using the color checker are going to come in so f*%%^ing handy ESPECIALLY when shooting in SLOG (which was extremely difficult for me to nail WB, gamma assist on or off) or on commercial sites where I have zero control of the lighting. You have the best, most CONCISE, and most informative content regarding the FX3 and my skills with this camera have improved thanks to you. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

That’s fab Abe, thanks for the lovely comment. Have fun.

@MUSAVISUALMEDIA 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy will do thanks again Paul.

@sfreeman78 Год назад

Answered every single question I had, thanks for the video!

@PaulJoy Год назад

Glad I could help!

@sasqwatch35mm Год назад

incredible informative and helped me to figure out couple of important things! thank you!!! 👋👋👋

@PaulJoy Год назад

Thanks so much for letting me know it helped.

@MrYawuzup Год назад

Awesome video! ❤

@JoshuaCasper Год назад

Great thorough video. Thank you.

@PaulJoy Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@SleipnirADV Год назад

Very well explained, thank you!

@PaulJoy Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Trevellian 2 года назад

Thanks for another great tutorial.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Glad you liked it Michael, thanks for letting me know.

@TooMuch_TV 11 месяцев назад

I have been using my camera wrong this entire time. Shame on me. Wow. Thank you this video just changed everything for me!!! Ordering color checker now.

@PaulJoy 11 месяцев назад

Really pleased it helped, and good choice with the color checker, I didn't have one for years and now it's used almost every shoot.

@TooMuch_TV 11 месяцев назад

@@PaulJoy yes your channel is my personal coach now for my fx3. Only issue I’m having now is getting my rode wires less go to record into the top handle. Shotgun mic works fine. Put when I add the rode it doesn’t record anything. After I figure that out I should be good to go. 🫡🙃

@barisdemiray 4 месяца назад

So helpful and well done, thanks!

@PaulJoy 4 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful, thanks for letting me know.

@Francescofilmmaker 2 года назад

Hugely helpful tutorial!!!

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks loads for letting me know Francesco.

@joe_a_photo 2 года назад

This video was awesome. Never knew you could lock the auto white balance. Game changer

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks Joseph, yes locking the AWB is super useful!

@katsophoto 2 года назад

Me too! Just set it up and life is easier ;)

@adamhaq9611 Год назад

What scenario would the auto wb lock be the most useful for?

@FrontrunnerMedia-dc2wl 8 месяцев назад

This was a fantastic tutorial.

@PaulJoy 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for letting me know :)

@richperez9015 2 года назад

thanks, man! this was very helpful

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks for letting me know

@michelestapleton Год назад

Thank you. That was awesome.

@PaulJoy Год назад

You're very welcome :)

@DougDavis Год назад

Great video. I have such a hard time nailing wb for real estate videos. Thank you

@PaulJoy Год назад

Yes I do some property work and white balance can be a real challenge when interior lighting is fighting daylight.

@schoeferfilm 2 года назад

Great content Paul 👍🏻I have the Fx6

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks, I’d love to change my FS5 for the FX6, great camera!

@cutback443 Год назад

thank you for this video!

@PaulJoy Год назад

You’re welcome

@gregv2821 Год назад

Good stuff

@alexfrankvideo 8 месяцев назад

this was one of the most well designed educational videos ive ever seen. Great video flow and clarity using those other insets of the lights

@PaulJoy 8 месяцев назад

Thanks loads for letting me know.

@wlegendfilm6740 2 года назад

You are a life saviour

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Pleased it helped :)

@CesarMartinez-zb1zb 4 месяца назад

TY!!!

@PaulJoy 4 месяца назад

You’re welcome

@sofianebendjellal Год назад

muchas gracias me has ayudado mucho tengo una fx30 y estoy un poco confuso no se usarla pero por tip muy utile y por cierto explicas muy muy bien un gran abrazo -- Thank you very much you have helped me a lot I have an fx30 and I'm a little confused I don't know how to use it but for a very useful tip and by the way you explain very very well a big hug

@PaulJoy Год назад

Really pleased the video helped, thanks for the hug :)

@directedbysteve6549 4 месяца назад

That helped a lot

@PaulJoy 4 месяца назад

Great stuff!

@simonjacobsphotography 2 года назад

Thanks! Great as always. So painful that that you cannot custom WB while in a pre set mode. Ridiculous and have requested it frequently to Sony Pro Support.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Yes that would be really useful Simon. I'd also like to be able to see what AWB is doing with shifts rather than just showing the override values and visual results.

@alexfoster9990 2 года назад

You still can't set WB when in these preset modes right? Blows my mind. Unless I've missed a software update?!! Do you know?

@martinwoodfilms Год назад

Yeah. I came here to figure this out. Pretty bad to not enable that Sony

@RoadJournal Год назад

Nice!

@markshirley01 Год назад

Thanks very helpful. Im hoping I can still keep using AWB like I do on my Nikon D750 when I buy a Sony A7R5. I believe the AWB has really been improved on that camera. I just don't have the time to keep resetting WB on my type of work. So fingers crossed Sony has made AWB a bit more useable.

@PaulJoy Год назад

I’ve not tried that camera but certainly Somy seems to do a good job with AWB.

@gerrypi51 2 года назад

Very helpful. Sony's color palette favors blues and greens. For AWB I set A-B to A1 and G-M to M1.5 for a quick result. This is certainly a subjective attitude. What do you recommend?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Hi Gerry, I tend to make any required corrections in post however I’d say using WB to get closer to the results you want out of camera is a good way of working. Thanks for sharing.

@Tonellacam Год назад

Wow those custom buttons ! Seems like we are cheating !! Thanks as always !

@bayro467 Год назад

Great video but 1 question can you change all this AWB setting durring REC ?

@PaulJoy Год назад

Good question, I’ve not tried that as I balance before the shot. Will have to try.

@scottnewell5042 Год назад

Excellent and concise, and especially useful is the last tip on locking the AWB. I'm used to cameras that have a white balance button on the front. This is a great way to do it on the FX3 (or FX30 which is what I have). Thanks for the helpful video.

@PaulJoy Год назад

Thanks loads for letting me know, I'm really pleased it was useful.

@timcity Год назад

On the FX30, is there a way to toggle through two WB modes easily (with one button) like the FX6? I would love to create a 3200k-3600k for indoor light and one for 5600k for daylight. It would be nice to be able to tap into each temperature with one switch kinda like the Native ISO switch between 800 and 2500.

@PaulJoy Год назад

Not as far as I know, you could set memory positions and recall them but that brings with it other limitations.

@topotlepotcast 2 года назад

Great stuff. Thank you. I am going to shoot in a cannabis legal producer tomorrow and the lights are HPS. Got a filter just for that. Looking forward to do my first custom WB. What is the app on your phone?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Good luck with the shoot. The app is Sidus Link for controlling Aperture Lights.

@topotlepotcast 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy Merci!

@Atamaii Год назад

(Auto White Balance is working fine for me)

@PaulJoy Год назад

Great stuff, thanks for sharing.

@eyeimagineincimaginetvvide2231 Год назад

Good explanation, thank you. two questions. On the Sony FX3. Usingone of the customs1, ,2 or 3 is it similar to shooting a white card with a video camera to white balance .? 2nd Q, can you do black balance on the Sony FX 3? Thanks

@PaulJoy Год назад

Hi there. Yes custom white balance measures white in the same way as traditional video cameras although with the smaller target box. No there’s no black balance on the FX3.

@eyeimagineincimaginetvvide2231 Год назад

@@PaulJoy Thank you

@OriOnTheIguanaHunter 11 месяцев назад

Awesome video, now tell me how I do custom white balance for video when In a memory recall setting :) Sony needs to fix that

@PaulJoy 11 месяцев назад

Yup, that’s a common request.

@daranaseri 2 года назад

Hey Paul, great video as always! One further question: How do you deal with setting custom white balances while being in one of the 3 custom menus. Till now I didn’t find a turn around other than setting the camera to video mode and setting a custom white balance and then copy that number over to the custom menu. Do you have a better way to solve this? Cheers!

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Thanks Dara. I haven't used them at all until this point as I prefer to switch settings as I go so I don't have a solution to offer I'm afraid. I guess it's by design with the white balance as you might want to set a memory recall that has a specific white balance for a room you often shoot in or specific lights etc. So does it lock you out of the WB settings altogether?

@daranaseri 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy yeah while being in a custom menu you cannot switch to manual video mode. With that you cannot set a custom white balance per „taking a photo“ as you showed in the video.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

@@daranaseri Maybe I'm misunderstanding but if I switch to MR1 I can still change the white balance without having to exit to video mode?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

@@daranaseri Oh I see what you mean now. Each Memory Recall records it's own set of three custom WB settings and you cant change them. Yes thats a bit silly as it should work the same as the rest of the settings and set them to the recorded values but allow you to temporarily adjust them.

@christobella Год назад

New subscriber here, this is video great - clear and informative. One thing I'm struggling with - on the A7Siii, it won't let me set a custom white balance when I'm using one of my 3 custom shooting modes (C1 C2 C3, which I always use). So I switch the dial to movie mode, set my white balance using a card, and it says the custom WB has been captured. But then when I switch back to C1 and then select custom WB1, the setting is not what has just been captured. So - how do I set a custom WB when using custom modes? Sorry for the long and rambling comment!

@PaulJoy Год назад

Unfortunately it’s a limitation with the way Sony have implemented the memory modes as they always recall the stored setting and do not allow you to do another custom balance while using that selection.

@contentmarketing_cl Год назад

i have a problem with white setting on sony fx3. I can't do it when I'm in MR 1... a black screen appears that mw says that option is not available. thank you very much for your help

@PaulJoy Год назад

Yes you can’t set a custom while balance while in a memory recall mode. Sony need to change that so that it works like other settings in that they can be modified but will revert to the stored setting.

@shangohusani8250 2 года назад

What would be a good budget friendly camera to pair with the fx3?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

The A74 looks great for what it costs, I’d go for that.

@shangohusani8250 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy I'm grateful for your channel and videos. Very informative, also helpful in so many ways.

@fotosvond_ 3 месяца назад

I have worked into this recently as well. The reason was that my camera (A7R III) tends to produce images that are shifted towards red/magenta if you don't shoot RAW (so, the problem applies to JPG and MP4), IF YOU USE THE WB PRESETS (!). I have played around quite a lot with these A-B and G-M values to remove it, however the final solution for me was using the Kelvin scale and setting it manually. Somehow, these presets are too warm and always result in strange yellow/red tones. For Daylight, I had to go down to 4500-5000K to get accurate colours. I guess the standard one is at 5200-5600. "Daylight" is the one that is usable the most, but "Overcast" and "Shadow" are really extremely problematical. I wish you could just edit the standard Kelvin values for these presets. I am not quite sure where this comes from. Recently I saw a video that Tamron lenses tend to produce more yellowish colours, so maybe half the problem comes from my lenses. With RAWs, you can correct and sort this out, but with MP4s, fixing colours isn't such a joy so it must be as close to the "final" product as possible in terms of realistic colours. Concerning your video, I'd say you gave a very good explanation people can relate to if they want to want to work themselves into this topic, especially going beyond "I just use AWB" or having different sources of light in a scene. Very helpful!

@PaulJoy 3 месяца назад

Lenses can certainly have an effect on colour shift but by far the most reliable method with video is to to do a custom white balance in each location. It’s not the most practical but will give the most accurate results.

@fotosvond_ 3 месяца назад

@@PaulJoy absolutely right. I did some further tests today and I can finally call this „solved“ after struggling quite some time 😂

@jaymills1720 2 года назад

Great channel! Curious have you compared these cameras to the a7iv !?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

No I haven't Jay but I would really like to try an a7iv!

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Hi Jay. I traded my FS5 in for an A7iv yesterday and I'm really impressed. If you have any specific questions then feel free to ask.

@jaymills1720 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy I have the R6 and haven’t gotten the images out of it in video that I’d like. I am thinking of selling and moving to a7s 3 or a7iv - not sure those are that much better or easier to get cinematic looks. Any thoughts

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

@@jaymills1720 I've not tried the R6 but honestly from what I've seen it should be capable of producing cinematic looking footage. Are you shooting log and grading in post or trying to get that look straight out of the camera? FX3 and A7iv produce very similar looking images however the FX3 handles rolling shutter way better and has better high frame-rate support. The A7iv is better for photography though but with both cameras cameras being very capable at 4K/25 they make a good A/B Cam pair and I have tools that excel at both photography and videography.

@jaymills1720 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy yea the problem is I was thinking I could get those cinematic images SOOC and it seems I’ll have to learn to grade log on resolve which isn’t a simple task. If the fx3 was easier to get an image compared to canon I’d switch. More people use a7s3 than r6 and I use x100v for photos so don’t need a hybrid camera. Worry I’d sell and spend another $2k just to be in the San situation of needing to grade a bit.

@BmcmediaRo Год назад

Hello, very helpful video. This does not explain though what is wrong with software engineers at Sony. They built the firmware so that you can't set the white balance in any MR1 to MR3 modes, only if you're in Movie or manual. Then if you are in Movie, you can't preload the MR settings prior to set WB so that you have all other configuration ready to shoot! I am soooo pissed off!

@PaulJoy Год назад

Yea this has been a common complaint.

@timdanyo898 Год назад

I'm shooting in cine EI on the FX3 and noticed I can't set manual white balance off a card. Is this because cine EI only handles 3 set white balance presets like slog2 in the Sony FS5 for instance?

@PaulJoy Год назад

No, you should be able to use custom white balance options in Cine EI.

@napatsaeng 2 года назад

Auto WB lock if restart camera needs lock again?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

I've not tried that but I'd expect not, same with auto exposure lock, the lock will be gone if power cycled.

@fvdronem 9 месяцев назад

What should I do to have that square on the display, which I can use to select the source for AWB? E.g. the color checker? Like you have in your video at 1:25

@PaulJoy 9 месяцев назад

Go to the white balance menu and choose one of the custom white balance settings then move press set

@fvdronem 9 месяцев назад

@@PaulJoy Thanks for reply! Yes, but in your video, you have that square even in AWB. I can find it only in Custop WB.

@PaulJoy 9 месяцев назад

@@fvdronem The square in the middle during the AWB section is because I have expandable spot selected as my focus area.

@sfiron Год назад

One of my main issues with Sony WB is that you cannot use it in memory mode which I always use

@PaulJoy Год назад

Agreed, that is a pain but I can see why they do it. They want the white balance settings stored as part of the memory. A better way would be to store the setting but still allow adjustment until memory recalled again.

@GuZEditing Год назад

In the sony a7iii I used a white card to modulate the white balance in the fx3 I don't get the option

@PaulJoy Год назад

You should be able to set white balance using a card, in fact that's exactly what I show in this video!

@djjazzyjess6642 10 месяцев назад

I'm having an issue with the custom white balance setting on the FX3. I've followed the instructions on a few different RU-vid tutorials on this process, but every time I set the custom white balance it sets is as >9900K. I'm using a middle gray card, and also setting proper exposure before hand. I've tried it in multiple lighting scenarios (tungsten light at night, daylight indoors and outdoors). I feel like I have something set up wrong but I can't figure out what. Any thoughts?

@PaulJoy 10 месяцев назад

It is important to focus and set exposure correctly first but it doesn't sound like that's the problem. What lens are you using?

@djjazzyjess6642 10 месяцев назад

@@PaulJoy I am using Sony FE 4 PZ 16-35mm G, and a Sony FE 1.8 35mm lenses. Last night I was shooting a few test scenes and for some reason the custom white balance worked properly. No idea why...I didn't change the way I had done it before. But, all that matters is it's working now. Thank you for responding and trying to help:) I enjoy your videos!

@PaulJoy 10 месяцев назад

@@djjazzyjess6642Glad you got it sorted even if it is is a bit of a mystery :)

@robertlightbourne2217 2 года назад

Thanks for being so detailed -- very informative. One question: is setting white balance purely a matter of altering the Kelvin value? Can I set white balance by just twiddling the Kelvin value and observing the effect in the LCD monitor. Or do the tools on the Sony A7 help guide the user to a more reliable result?

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

Hi Robert. You can totally dial in the kelvin value by eye as long as you have an accurate monitor and many people work that way. The kelvin value however only adjusts the amber to blue value (daylight to tungsten) so this doesn’t take in to account any green to magenta influences that may be effecting the scene. You can also take those in to account manually too, maybe there should be a green shift in the image or maybe that’s an effect your looking for. Auto white balancing tools adjust both the amber to blue and magenta to green shifts, whereas kelvin only adjusts amber to blue.

@robertlightbourne2217 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy Hi Paul. Thanks so much for explaining about green to magenta, something I never knew before. I have a Sony A7R4A... does this cam also make adjustments for green to magenta automatically when I adjust white balance pointing the camera at a white card ? Previously I thought white balance was purely adjusting the Kelvin value. Do most cameras with a module for adjusting white balance just adjust the Kelvin value, without adjusting for green to magenta? I have a Panasonic FZ300 that has a method for adjusting white balance pointing at a white card... do you know whether this would also do green to magenta.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

@@robertlightbourne2217 Hi Robert. I believe most auto white balancing cameras take green / magenta shift in to account as well as amber to blue as both axis are required in order to achieve an accurate white.

@robertlightbourne2217 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy Aha! Many thanks... I never knew this before...

@jonicolton Год назад

How can I set FX3 WB? I cannot capture (i.e. set) WB from MR1-3, which prompts: "The operation or setting not available as follows: Shoot Mode/Memory Recall." I'm forced to back out of MR, capture WB in Movie or Still Mode, then return to my MR and enter WB K value. Can you (or anyone) shed some light here? How are you capturing WB while in MR mode? What am I missing? -Colton

@PaulJoy Год назад

Unfortunately you're not missing anything, you can't change the custom WB in MR modes. This is a common complaint so you're not alone!

@jonicolton Год назад

@@PaulJoy thx for the prompt response. appreciate your content. 🤟

@nikonfan76 Год назад

My Sony FX30 does not allow me to do custom white balance, the SET button is greyed out in Custom 1, 2 & 3 settings. Any suggestions?

@PaulJoy Год назад

Hmm, no not seen that Nishi. What shooting mode are you using?

@ekphotography 2 года назад

Why the heck does the FX3 not have Custom white balance like the A7sIII and other Sony cameras? Totally frustrating... I guess doing Custom like you showed here is the only way at the moment....

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

It does have custom white balance. How does the the a7s3 handle it differently?

@ekphotography 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy Well my problem is, usually when I start a shot I click on custom white balance and there is a white square and I take a picture and it sets the white balance on my A7rIII but with the FX when ever I try to use custom white balance it says due to my shooting mode, memory recall, I cannot set the new white balance. Totally frustrating bc I have M1 M2 M3 set for my 3 different shooting modes. 24p, 60p,120p. why the White balance cannot be set customily while being in the modes is stupid. Sorry I do not have the A7sIII but I thought I saw it is set just like the other Sony cameras like my A7rIII.

@PaulJoy 2 года назад

@@ekphotography Ah yes the way memory recall is implemented makes it impractical and I don't use them at all for that reason.

@ekphotography 2 года назад

@@PaulJoy Yes, but they are handy to quickly switch between frame rates...

@BmcmediaRo Год назад

Oh, OK, so I am not the only one thinking Sony is insane in FX department!