Hitachi KP-E500 operation manual White Balance Menu Only KP-DE500 type, Normal, Specail

White Balance Menu [Only KP-DE500 type]

Setting White Balance mode

1)Press the SET button for longer than 2 seconds to display the “MAIN MENU”.

2)Use the UP and DOWN buttons to shift the cursor to “WHITE BALANCE”, then press the SET button to display the “WHITE BALANCE MENU”. But, it does not move to “WHITE BALANCE MENU” at the time of B/W image condition by B/W MODE setting.

◆ ＷＨＩＴＥ	ＢＡＬＡＮＣＥ ＭＥＮＵ ◆
>ＭＯＤＥ		：ＡＴＷ	…… Select White Balance mode
ＡＴＷ ＲＡＮＧＥ		：ＮＯＲＭＡＬ	…… ATW Range setting
ＷＢ ＡＲＥＡ		：ＯＦＦ	…… Select WB area mode
ＲＥＴ			…… Return to the main menu
ＥＮＤ			…… End of menu display

WHITE BALANCE MENU (MODE: ATW)

3)While the cursor is at “MODE”, press the SET button to shift the mode in the sequence “ATW”, “AWC” and “MANUAL”. Factory setting is “ATW”.

･ATW (auto tracking white balance)

Ordinarily use this mode, which is suitable for lighting color temperature from 2,500K to 8,000K.

Setting ATW Range (Color temperature flattery range)

1)Use the UP and DOWN buttons to shift the cursor to “ATW RANGE”.

2)Press the SET button to shift the mode in the sequence “NORMAL”, “SPECIAL”. Factory setting is “NORMAL”.

NORMAL	: From 2,500K to 8,000K
SPECAIL	: From 2,500K to 8,000K, and special
	lighting such as the mercury lamp and
	sodium vapor lamp

NOTE

1)Please set “ATW RANGE” to the “SPECIAL” mode when you use sodium lighting. The color distinction becomes possible though the white balance may not be completely suitable.

2)White balance cannot be fully adjusted in the following situations.

･Most of the scene is a single color or there is very little white component.

･Background is red or blue.

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Setting WB detection area

1)Use the UP and DOWN buttons to shift the cursor to “WB AREA”.

2)Press the SET button to shift the mode in the sequence

“OFF”, “ON(NO.*)”. [*1～9]	Factory setting is “OFF”.
OFF	: All the screens
ON(NO.*) [*1～9]	: Only the selection area

3)When the display is turned “ON(NO.*), “AREA SELECT” is displayed in the line in the under.

4)Shift the cursor to “AREA SELECT” and push the SET button to display the detection area(WB) select menu.

5)There are 9 white detect areas selected by the UP and DOWN buttons. Select the areas from nos. 1 to 9 that include the subject of main interest. (Factory setting is NO.1)

UP button	: 1→2→3→4→5→6→7→8→9
	(ascending order)
DOWN button	: 9→8→7→6→5→4→3→2→1
	(descending order)

6)After deciding the detection area, push the SET button to return to the “WHITE BALANE MENU”.

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Detect area position

6 5 4

2 1 3

7 8 9

DETECTTION AREA (WB) SELECT MENU

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