M3 - snow covered landscape video unfortunately with a lot of color shift

JustName · Dec 25, 2021

I took some test shots with my first M3 and edited them into a video. Recorded in DLog, colograding with the DJI-Lut and other own adjustments.
Unfortunately there is a lot of color shift visible.

Steve56303 · Dec 25, 2021

Did you manually set the white balance and exposure? They look quite different from sun to shade - might be a factor?

JustName · Dec 25, 2021

No, it was the first (and almost last) flight and automatic settings.

Steve56303 · Dec 25, 2021

JustName said:
No, it was the first (and almost last) flight and automatic settings.

That’s likely the issue - pretty much no camera can get the white balance of snow in the shade correct - it will always come out towards blue. Snow is also really challenging for any exposure system. Then the WB shifts as your lighting changes giving the footage those color casts.

Beautiful looking location though.

retiredNH · Dec 25, 2021

The shifts in WB didn't bother me. The transition you used did. I found the white flashes between scenes very irritating. And you might keep in mind the guidance on scene length, especially the shots on the road.

Overall, it's a beautiful setting, nicely shot. With some better editing you could have a real winner of a video.

brett8883 · Dec 25, 2021

JustName said:
I took some test shots with my first M3 and edited them into a video. Recorded in DLog, colograding with the DJI-Lut and other own adjustments.
Unfortunately there is a lot of color shift visible.

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Yea remember that shade white balance is much different than sunny WB so any camera is going to have this issue. It’s most obvious when it comes to snow since snow should have very little saturation. There’s several ways to fix it in post.