JeTexas Posted February 18, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does anyone know the exact kelvin values of the white balance options on the M typ 240? Or is there a way to see the actual kelvin value when it's on auto white balance? When shooting multi-camera video I'd like to be able to dial my second camera in as close as possible to match it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Hi JeTexas, Take a look here White balance kelvin values. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted February 18, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2020 Why not just set each manually? The M240 manual only seems to specify two K settings....warm fluorescent at 2700K....and cool fluorescent at 4000K. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1284389/Leica-M-240.html?page=42#manual But I suppose you could try the various settings and see how LR (or other software) imports them. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeTexas Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted February 19, 2020 Ahh, I'm going to sound like an utter moron, but I never realized you can scroll down past the preset options and do the grey card setting or just choose the kelvin number. I guess that problem is solved. I've got a second-hand SL on the way, and I'm looking forward to using that for my primary video camera, but I wanted to keep using the M as my secondary, and I want to match the colors as closely as possible to minimize grading in post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Michel Posted February 20, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 20, 2020 Or, get a proper white balance target, the 18% great card is not a white balance target. Whibal is a good example of a neutral target, see whibal.com. Easy to use with Leicas, mind you, I rarely see the need for using it for my work, but when I do, it is great to have that and get my two Leica bodies synchronized for white balance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblutter Posted February 29, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 29, 2020 Eh... if you shoot DNG you can set the K value later in post. I leave it on automatic. Its in the Set menu Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted February 29, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Kelvin values are a convenient way to express the spectral content of illuminants, but only to some degree. Many light sources do not have a light output which can be expressed in K. Most mixed light sources can't be described in K either. So in post you may have to do substantial adjusting and the ascribed K value should be considered merely a 'suggested' or 'nearest match' starting point. Edited February 29, 2020 by pgk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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