Note

Be careful not to have any spots of high illumination in the rectangle.

4 Adjust the lens iris opening or set the shutter to ON.

With a manually adjusted lens: Set the opening to an

appropriate value.

With a lens that has automatic iris control: Set the

lens' automatic/manual iris control switch to automatic.

Or, set the video level to an appropriate value, using the shutter setting.

5 Perform automatic white balance adjustment.

To perform adjustment on the <AUTO SETUP> page of the MAINTENANCE menu

<AUTO SETUP>

M02 TOP

AUTO

BLACK

 

cAUTO

WHITE

 

AUTO

LEVEL

 

AUTO

WHITE

SHADING

AUTO

BLACK

SHADING

TEST

:

OFF

 

 

 

Position the pointer to AUTO WHITE then push on the MENU SEL/ENTER dial.

For details on the menu operations, see “4-2 Basic Menu Operations” (page 52).

To perform adjustment with the assignable switch

If AWB is allocated to assignable switch 4, push the switch up toward “4” then release it.

For the procedure for assigning a function to the switch, see “3-2-10 Allocation of Functions to the Assignable Buttons and Switch” (page 33) or “3-7 Detailed Settings of the Switch Functions” (page 44).

To perform adjustment from the remote control unit

When the RM-B750 or RM-B150 remote control unit that is connected to the REMOTE connector is used, press the AWB button.

During adjustment

The message “AWB EXECUTING” is displayed on the viewfinder screen. When the adjustment process is completed successfully, the message “AWB: OK” is displayed.

When automatic white balance adjustment fails

If the automatic white balance adjustment process does not end successfully, the error message “AWB: NG” will be displayed on the viewfinder screen for approximately three seconds.

If this error message is displayed, try white balance adjustment again.

If the subject has a higher color temperature, use an optical filter or set 5600K to ON, then try white balance adjustment again.

If the error message continues to be displayed after several attempts, the camera requires internal inspection.

Settings and Adjustments Basic 3 Chapter

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