What does " EV " and " AWB " on a digital camera mean and what is best to use when filming?

Answer 1

I am going to do something I rarely do, and disagree with fhotoace! (Or at least add another POV)

AWB does a pretty good job most of the time in selecting wb settings. Unless you have and understand how to use a grey or white card, I would generally use AWB. If it's a tricky situation, you can experiment and chimp, or shoot RAW and plan on fixing in post processing.

BTW, fhotoace, did you know the Yahoo spell check wants you to be "footsie"? :-D

Answer 2

Haha, so a silver $100 camera is better than a black camera that costs between $900-$8000? The image sensor is bigger and better and the lenses are interchangable. The quality of the pixels are so much better. I have a Fuji point and shoot and two canon DSLRS. You have full manual control and better control over your settings with DSLRs. With a silver point and shoot camera the images are more grainy and you can't manually focus through a lens. not to mention the frame rate is terrible. optical and digital zoom is such a joke compared to the fine optics of a interchangable lens, especially an L Series lens. Point and shoot cameras offer you little to no bokeh (background blur) and in my mind that makes the most artistic photo. What is better having a camera with a lens you can't change so you can't change the zoom, wideness or depth of field? or having camera that can take on 100s of different lenses ranging from wide angle, telephoto zoom, fisheye, fixed and macro? The black prehistoric looking cameras are made that way so they can feel more comfortable in your hand, to place the many buttons and dials on and yes because so they can look like older slr cameras.

Answer 3

ev awb digital camera filming

Answer 4

It's debatable and there are in fact several answers to this question..

Answer 5

Loved this question