Adjusting the White Balance/Black Balance
When the White Balance Cannot be Automatically Adjusted
An error message will appear on the viewfinder screen.
(The message appears when the display mode is set to “2” or “3”.) The displayed messages are as follows.
Error messages related to white balance adjustment
Error message | Meaning | Treatment |
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COLOR TEMP. HIGH | The color temperature is too | Select an appropriate filter |
| high. |
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COLOR TEMP. LOW | The color temperature is too | Select an appropriate filter. |
| low. |
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LOW LIGHT | There is insufficient | Increase the illumination or |
| illumination. | gain. |
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LEVEL OVER | There is too much illumination. | Decrease the illumination or |
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| gain. |
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UNSTABLE | The shooting conditions are | If flickering is a problem, turn |
CONDITION | unstable (shooting is taking | the SHUTTER switch to ON |
| place under fluorescent lighting | and stabilize the shooting |
| or the camera is not being held | conditions. |
| or pointed properly, etc.). |
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CHECK FILTER | The CC/ND FILTER knob is | Set the CC/ND FILTER knob |
| not set correctly. | correctly. |
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If the above error messages appear, carry out the respective treatment attempt to adjust the white balance again.
If the error message continues to appear even after repeated attempts, consult your dealer.
Notes{
ÁThe white balance will not be adjusted while the setting menu is displayed on the viewfinder screen.
The MENU SET/OFF switch must be set to the OFF position to make this adjustment.
ÁIn rare instances the white balance adjustment may not be possible and an NG display will appear.
In a case like this, proceed with the white balance adjustment again.
When there is no Time to Adjust the White Balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
The white balance for the filter is automatically adjusted according to the setting position of the FILTER knob (outside).
White balance memories
The white balance memories fall into two categories, A and B.
The number of A and B memories is limited to 1 each when FILTER INH is set to ON (default setting) on the “CAMERA SW MODE” SUB menu page of MAIN menu screen 2 of 4.
In this case, the contents of the memories are not linked to the filter.
However, when FILTER INH is set to OFF, the adjustments values for each filter can be automat- ically stored in the memory corresponding to the WHITE BAL switch setting (A or B).
The unit contains three pairs of CC filters and cross filters. The same white balance data is stored in the memory for the 3200K and cross filter settings. For this reason, a total of six (3q2) adjust- ment values are stored in the white balance memory.
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