Adjusting the white balance and black balance
Adjusting the white balance
When the white balance cannot automatically be adjusted
An error message appears on the viewfinder screen (when “2” or “3” has been set as the display mode).
Messages relating to white balance adjustment
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COLOR TEMP. | Color temperature is too | Select a suitable filter. | |
HIGH | high. |
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COLOR TEMP. | Color temperature is too | Select a suitable filter. | |
LOW | low. |
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LOW LIGHT | There is not enough | Increase the amount of | |
| light. | light or increase the | |
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LEVEL OVER | There is too much light. | Reduce the amount of | |
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| light or reduce the gain. | |
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UNSTABLE | The shooting conditions | If flickering is to blame, | |
CONDITION | are unstable (shooting | install the shutter, and | |
| under fluorescent light, | stabilize the shooting | |
| unstable camera | conditions. | |
| posture, etc.). |
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When any of the error messages listed above is displayed, take the recommended action, and try adjusting the white balance again.
If the error message persists even after repeated attempts, consult your dealer.
<Notes>
On rare occasions, AWB cannot be adjusted and a NG display appears. In a case like this, adjust AWB again.
When there is no time to adjust the white balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST. The white balance for the filter is achieved in accordance with the setting position of the FILTER control (outer).
White balance memories
There are two sets of white balance memories, A and B.
When the FILTER INH setting on the CAMERA SW MODE screen of CAM MENU is ON (default setting), the number of memories for set A and set B is limited to one each. In this case, the memory contents are not coupled with the filter.
When FILTER INH is set to OFF, the adjustment values for each filter can be automatically saved in the memories corresponding to the WHITE BAL switch settings (A or B). This unit contains four filters so that a total of 8 (4a2) adjustment values are saved.
White balance search area
It is possible to set the white balance search area to either 90% or 50% by changing the AWB AREA setting on the OPTION screen of the CAM MENU.
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