Shooting

Adjusting the White

 Memory A Mode (A), Memory B Mode (B)

Set to the white balance saved in Memory A or Memory B.

BalanceWhen the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch is set to [A] or [B], press the [AWB] button to execute white balance. The white

balance will be automatically adjusted and the adjusted value will be saved in Memory A or Memory B.

Adjust the white balance according to the color temperature

1 Prepare the camera recorder.

of the lighting. You can select the adjustment mode

according to the shooting conditions.

ASet the [POWER] switch to AONB.

As the color of the light (color temperature) varies according to

BSet the iris mode switch of the lens to AAB (automatic).

the light source, it is necessary to readjust the white balance

 

when the main light source illuminating the object changes.

CSet the [FULL AUTO] switch to AOFFB.

[WHT.BAL.] Selection Switch

2 Set the [ND FILTER] switch according to the lighting

 

[FULL AUTO]

(A Page 45).

Switch

3 Set the [WHT.BAL.] switch to AAB or ABB.

 

 

4 Locate a place with similar lighting conditions as the

 

object to be shot, place a white object near the center of

 

the screen and zoom in to fill the screen with white.

[POWER]

5 Press the [AWB] (Auto White Balance) button.

Switch

● The white detection frame appears when Auto White

 

Balance is activated. Fill the frame with white completely.

[AWB] Button

● AAUTO WHITE A, B OPERATIONB appears on the

 

viewfinder when Auto White Balance is activated.

 

● When the correct white balance is achieved,

Manual White Balance Mode (Manual

AAUTO WHITE A, B OKB appears for about 3 seconds

together with the approximate color temperature.

Switching)

 

You can select the white balance with the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch.

Use the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch to select APRESETB (preset mode), AAB (memory A mode), or ABB (memory B mode).

Memo :

●The [FAW] (Fulltime Auto White balance) function can be assigned to the [A], [B], or [PRESET] button using [Switch Set] in the [Camera Function] menu. (A Page 79)

●In [FAW] mode, color temperature of the images is sampled and white balance is automatically adjusted to the appropriate level.

●When [White Balance] in the [Camera Function] B [FULL AUTO] menu is set to AFAWB and the [FULL AUTO] switch on the camera recorder is set to AONB, the mode is fixed at AFAWB.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO WHITE A

 

 

 

White Detection Frame

 

OPERATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AWB] Activating

AUTO WHITE A

OK <3200K>

Result Display

Preset Mode (PRESET)

Two different color temperature settings are registered on this camera recorder. You can switch between them using the [AWB] button.

(Default setting: A3200KB1A5600KB)

You can change both the color temperature settings in the Preset mode in the menu.

[Main Menu] B [Camera Process] B [White Balance] menu B Select either [Preset Temp.] or [Alternative Temp.].

(A Page 85)

1 Set the [W. BAL] switch to APRESETB.

2 Press the [AWB] button.

Note :

●Do not use highly reflective objects, such as metals. Doing so may result in improper white balance adjustment.

●The Auto White function cannot provide optimum white balance with an object outside the adjustment range, for example when it contains only a single color or not enough white color.

Press the [AWB] button to switch to a different color temperature. (APreset Temp.B1AAlternative Temp.B)

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