Hi, I'm considering buying an S100, but one of the things giving me pause is that it looks like one cannot white balance for video. I've tried to search this problem on SB and Google but did not get a specific/definitive answer.
I'm very used to using a white card to white balance repeatedly during a dive. With my Panasonic (which I no longer have) the same setting was honored for stills and for video. Meaning that I would set my white balance for a particular shot, then take some stills and some video without needing to make any adjustments. The white balance setting was applied to the stills and to the video - this is clearly evident from viewing the results taken separately with and without white balance adjusting. (Meaning that it does not merely 'appear' that the setting is applied (placebo), it does actually apply)
Same for exposure compensation, by the way (the 1/3rd increments).
But I've downloaded the S100 manual and it says on page 134 "white balance compensation is not available".
Could someone confirm that I'm reading this correctly? Video is pretty important to me, and I suppose to many others - why is this not available?
Many thanks!
I'm very used to using a white card to white balance repeatedly during a dive. With my Panasonic (which I no longer have) the same setting was honored for stills and for video. Meaning that I would set my white balance for a particular shot, then take some stills and some video without needing to make any adjustments. The white balance setting was applied to the stills and to the video - this is clearly evident from viewing the results taken separately with and without white balance adjusting. (Meaning that it does not merely 'appear' that the setting is applied (placebo), it does actually apply)
Same for exposure compensation, by the way (the 1/3rd increments).
But I've downloaded the S100 manual and it says on page 134 "white balance compensation is not available".
Could someone confirm that I'm reading this correctly? Video is pretty important to me, and I suppose to many others - why is this not available?
Many thanks!
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