Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording — Adjusting the white and black balance

When you have no time to adjust the white balance

Set the <WHITE BAL> switch to <PRST>.

The value can be changed to 3200 K, 5600 K, and the user-specified variable value by pressing the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards the <AWB> side and pressing the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards the <AWB> side again while the color temperature is displayed. The variable value can be set at SmartUI.

When the white balance has not been automatically adjusted

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

Error message

Description

[AWB Ach NG] or [AWB Bch NG]

The color temperature is too high or too low.

[LOW LIGHT]

There is insufficient light.

[LEVEL OVER]

There is too much light.

Viewfinder display for white balance

For details, refer to “Viewfinder status display” (page 72).

Setting the auto tracking white balance (ATW) function

The camera is equipped with the Auto Tracking White Balance (ATW) function that automatically tracks the white balance of images according to the lighting conditions.

The auto tracking white balance function can be assigned to <B> of the <WHITE BAL> switch by setting the [ATW] item on the setting menu [SW MODE] screen to [Bch].

The auto tracking white balance function can be assigned to the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>). For details, refer to “Assigning functions to <USER> buttons” (page 60).

SW MODE
LOW GAIN0dB
MID GAIN6dB
HIGH GAIN

12dB

ATW

 

Bch
W.BAL.PRESET3.2K
USER MAINY_GET
USER1BACKLIGHT
USER2TEXT MEMO

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

Canceling the auto tracking white balance

Press the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>) to which the auto tracking white balance function is assigned again, or select the <WHITE BAL> switch. However, when the auto tracking white balance function is set to <B> of the <WHITE BAL> switch, the function cannot be canceled with the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>).

@@NOTE

ttThis function does not guarantee 100% accuracy for the white balance. The tracking performance relative to changes in ambient lighting and white balance performance has been given a certain degree of latitude.

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