Sony DXC-990 Adjusting the White Balance, orb button, V orv button, and then set it to BNORMAL with the, Note, Notes, Set to, message, MAIN menu, Press the, the screen

Adjusting the White Balance

Note

If a color bar signal is displayed on the

Each time the lighting condition changes, be

screen, press the BARS button to turn it off.

sure to adjust the white balance so that

5

Set the lens iris control as follows:

optimum color reproduction is obtained.

1,3 2

7 BARS 2

When using an auto-iris lens: Set to

auto-iris control.

button

When using a manual-iris lens: Set to

an appropriate iris opening value.

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TRIG IN

MENU

BLACK

Place a white object (white pattern,

FILE

BARS

SELECT

WHITE

white cloth, etc.) under the same light

ENTER

condition as that falling on the object

RGB/SYNC

to be shot, then zoom in on the white

1 Press the MENU button to display the

object to fill the detecting window on

the screen.

MAIN menu.

2 Select the WHITE BALANCE menu,

Notes

• Do not include highly reflective objects in

and set MODE to AWB.

the picture.

• Always shoot the image under suitable

<WHITE BALANCE>

[A]

lighting conditions.

>MODE

AWB

R. PAINT

+

0

7

Press the MENU button twice to

B. PAINT

+

0

AREA

NORMAL

remove the menu.

8

Press the

WHITE button.

Select

Back

During adjustment the bars appear. The

MENU

message“WHITE: OK” appears on the

For menu operation, see “Operation

screen when the adjustment is done.

through Menus” on page 10.

The adjusted white level is

3 Select AREA with theV orv button

automatically stored in memory and

remains even if the power of the camera

is turned off.

and then set it to BNORMAL with the

orb button.

To shoot under the same conditions, the

stored white balance is recalled by

A detecting window appears.

setting MODE to AWB in the WHITE

BALANCE menu.

<WHITE BALANCE>

[A]

MODE

AWB

R. PAINT

+

0

B. PAINT

+

0

>AREA

NORMAL

Select

Back

MENU

For more details, refer to “WHITE

BALANCE Menu” on page 16.

4 Display the camera image on the monitor screen.

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