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The adjustment will take effect in a few

4rding rfoRec

 

 

seconds, and the following message will

 

 

appear:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The adjusted value is automatically stored in the

 

 

 

selected memory (A or B).

 

 

 

other than 0.

ChapterandSettings

 

 

 

 

 

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

Adjustments

 

 

 

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If the subject’s colour temperature is lower

 

than 2300K or higher than 9900K the following message appears:

• If the arrow points down (  ) the actual colour 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.

•Turning the AUTO W/B BAL switch to AWB toggles the color temperature between 3200 K and 5600 K.

When the white balance has not been automatically adjusted

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

Error message

Description

AWB Ach

The color temperature is too high or

(or Bch) NG

too low.

LOW LIGHT

There is insufficient light.

LEVEL OVER

There is too much light.

Viewfinder displays related to white balance

See [Viewfinder Screen Status Displays] (page 74).

Setting auto tracking white balance (ATW)

This camera 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.

It can also be assigned to the USER MAIN, USER1, USER2 buttons.

For details, refer to [Assigning functions to USER buttons] (page 61).

 

SW

MODE

LOW GAIN

0dB

MID GAIN

6dB

HIGH GAIN

9dB

ATW

 

Bch

ATW

TYPE

1

W.BAL.PRESET

3.2K

USER MAIN

DRS

USER1

REC REVIEW

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

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.

NOTE

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.

Adjusting the Black Balance

The black balance must be adjusted when:

•You use your AG-HPX370P/AG-HPX371E the first time.

•Your AG-HPX370P/AG-HPX371E has not been used for some time.

•The ambient temperature has changed substantially.

•The gain switchover value has been changed.

•The menu options SYSTEM MODE and REC FORMAT in

the SYSTEM SETUP screen.

Adjust the black balance before shooting to ensure optimum video quality.

a b

aAUTO W/B BAL switch

Use for automatic control of white balance.

bOUTPUT selector switch Set to CAM.

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