Chapter 5

Adjustments and

Settings

White Balance Adjustment

Adjusting the white balance ensures that as lighting conditions change white objects remain white in the image and tones remain natural.

The color of light emitted varies from one light source to another, and as the lighting changes the apparent color of an illuminated subject changes. It is therefore necessary to adjust the white balance each time the principal lighting source changes.

Saving an Appropriate WhiteBalance Value in Memory

You can save two white balance values in separate memories, A and B. Unless changed, the saved values are retained for approximately ten years, even when the camera is powered off.

Once a value is saved, you can automatically restore the adjustment by moving the W. BAL switch to the A or B position. This makes shooting under alternating lighting conditions easy.

Separate white balance values for each FILTER control setting

In the default case, as described above, the same two A and B white balance values apply to all four settings of the FILTER control. It is possible, however, to change the AWB MEM menu setting is advanced menu page 3 (see page 65) so that there are eight possibly different values for the A and B positions and for the four FILTER control settings.

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1 Make the following settings on the camera.

•POWER switch: ON SAVE

•OUTPUT/DL/DCC+ switch: one of the CAM positions

•Lens iris selector: A (automatic)

•ATW button: off

2 Set the FILTER control according to the lighting conditions. (See page 43.)

3 Set the W. BAL switch to A or B.

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