20 – DIGITAL COLOR CAMERA
How to use OSD Menu
You can select from LOW, MID and HIGH for
the brightness of DAYÆNIGHT, which is a
brightness level in switching from the color fi lter
to Black-and-White. Closing to LOW from HIGH
will switch the fi lter in a low contrast scene.
The DWELL TIME of DAYÆNIGHT is a time
required to determine the need for switching the
fi lter.
You can select from LOW, MID and HIGH for
the brightness of NIGHTÆDAY, which is a
brightness level in switching from the Black-and-
White fi lter to color. Closing to LOW from HIGH
will switch the fi lter in a low contrast scene.
The DWELL TIME of NIGHTÆDAY is a time
required to determine the need for switching the
fi lter.
The MASK menu is used to prevent a fi lter
switch error or inability of determining the switch
in existence of a high spot light source at night.
If you press the SETUP switch in item 1 or 2 of
the MASK menu, you will see a menu where you
can specify an area to mask.
MASK AREA
<SIZE>
<LOCATION>
You can specify Mask 1 and 2 simultaneously.
The mask is used only for determining the fi lter
switch and any excessive bright area at night will
be masked.
Note :
If BACKLIGHT is set to BLC, the MASK AREA function will
be deactivated.
WHITE BAL [DAY/NIGHT]
If you want to adjust the color scheme, use the
WHITE BALANCE function.
DAY
In DAY mode, you can set the color values of
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RED and BLUE. The screen will be displayed in
colors according to your settings.
WHITE BAL
DAY/NIGHT DAY
MODE AWC
RED [00]----I----
BLUE [00]----I----
R-GAIN [0248]
B-GAIN [0247]
Note :
You can set the values of R-GAIN and B-GAIN only in
AWC mode.
NIGHT
Use the NIGHT mode if you want to set the white
balance differently according to the ambient
luminance.
If the NIGHT mode is set to OFF, the white
balance will always operate as set in DAY mode;
if not to OFF, the camera will switch to as set in
DAY/NIGHT mode according to the brightness.
In NIGHT mode, you can set the values of RED,
BLUE and BRIGHTNESS. The screen will be
displayed in colors according to your settings.
WHITE BAL
DAY/NIGHT NIGHT
BRIGHTNESS MID
MODE AWC
RED [00]----I----
BLUE [00]----I----
R-GAIN [0248]
B-GAIN [0247]
Note :
You can set the values of R-GAIN and B-GAIN only in
AWC mode.
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