Re: NEX-FS100 White Balance, timecode, and lens questions

Hi Gabe, thanks for the feedback. I DO love the fact that I can so easily dial in a manual white balance setting on the camera compared to the EX1. I just wish it displayed the number after a custom white balance was set.

None of my testing was by any means scientific - however I was definitely not running the camera on automatic during our testing. I had it on full manual and was filming in studio. The lighting set up and talent was exactly the same as an EX1 shoot we had done a few days before. I placed the EX1 and FS100 shots side by side (split screen) in Final Cut Pro (converted to ProRes 422) and had a few people around the office view them on a broadcast monitor. Everyone picked the EX1 shot as the better of the two without realizing which was which. That being said - I've seen plenty of astounding demo footage from the camera so I'm sure there are some settings adjustments I need to make on the FS100 that after a day of use I just hadn't mastered yet. I'll continue playing around with it. I also see that Andy Shipsides at Abel Cine has posted a nice video on setting up the camera that I plan on going through.

I'm looking forward to getting some other lenses on the camera to see the difference!

Thanks again for the input - I look forward to reading your overview at Ken Stones site tomorrow.

Don Hertz
AC Media