7 The adjustment will take effect in a few seconds, and the following message will appear:

•The adjusted value is automatically stored in the selected memory (A or B).

AWB A OK 3.2K

•“C TEMP+7” to “C TEMP-7” will appear when COLOR TEMP of the scene file is set to the value other than 0.

8 If the subject’s color temperature is lower than 2300K or higher than 9900K the following message appears:

•If the arrow points down (↓) the actual color temperature is lower than the temperature indicated. If the arrow points up (↑) the actual temperature is higher than the temperature indicated.

AWB A OK 2.3K ↓

When you have no time to adjust the white balance

Position the WHITE BAL switch at PRST.

•You can switch between 3200 K and 5600 K by pressing the AWB button.

When the white balance has not been automatically adjusted

When the white balance has not been successfully adjusted, the viewfinder or LCD monitor displays an error message.

Error message

Description

 

→ Adjustment details

AWB Ach (or Bch)

The color temperature is too

NG

high or too low.

LOW LIGHT

There is insufficient light.

 

→ Increases the amount of

 

light. Also increases gain.

LEVEL OVER

There is too much light.

 

→ Reduces the amount of

 

light. Also reduces gain.

Viewfinder displays related to white balance

•For details on the screen display of the viewfinder, see “Screen displays” (Page 121).

Setting auto tracking white balance (ATW) This camera-recorder is equipped with an auto tracking white balance (ATW) function that automatically adjusts the white balance of images in accordance with lighting conditions.

The ATW function can be assigned to the WHITE BAL switch B by setting the menu option ATW in the SW MODE screen to B ch.

Also, you can allocate the ATW function to USER MAIN or USER buttons 1 to 4.

• “Using the USER buttons” (Page 39)

Cancelling auto tracking white balance Press the USER button to which ATW was assigned a second time or change the WHITE BAL switch position. If ATW was assigned to the WHITE BAL switch B, the USER button cannot be used to cancel the function.

•This function does not provide a 100 % accurate white balance. The tracking performance relative to changes in ambient lighting and white balance performance have been given a degree of latitude.

•In variable frame rate (VFR) mode, ATW is not available when the frame rate is set to 4 frames or less.

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