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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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.
Note{
The white balance cannot be adjusted while the setting menu is displayed on the viewfinder screen. Therefore, be sure to set the MENU SET/OFF switch to OFF.
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 has two memory systems: A and B.
Adjustment values for each filter can automatically be stored in the memory corresponding to the setting (A or B) of the WHITE BAL switch. 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) adjustment values are stored in the white balance memory.
If FILTER INH on the FUNCTION 2/5 page of the setting menu is set to ON, the A and B sys- tems can be limited to one memory each.
In this case, the memory contents are not linked to the filters.
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