The black balance adjustment ends in a few seconds with the message “ABB: OK” and the adjustment value is automatically stored in memory.

Notes

•During the black balance adjustment, the iris is automatically closed.

•During the black balance adjustment, the gain selection circuit is automatically activated so you may see flickering on the viewfinder screen, but this is not a malfunction.

If automatic black balance adjustment cannot be made

If the black balance adjustment cannot be completed normally, an error message will appear for about 3 seconds on the viewfinder screen.

Error message

Meaning

ABB: NG

The lens iris did not close. Check if

IRIS NOT CLOSED

the lens cable is connected properly.

ABB: NG

Adjustment could not be completed

TIME LIMIT

within the standard number of

 

attempts.

ABB: NG

The difference between the

R (or G or B):

reference value and the current

OVERFLOW

value is so great that it exceeds the

 

range.

If any of the above error messages is displayed, retry the black balance adjustment. Keep pushing the WHT/BLK switch to BLK until “-BLACK SET-” appears after “- BLACK BALANCE-” appears. If the error message occurs repeatedly, contact your Sony dealer.

To adjust the white balance

It is necessary to adjust the white balance each time the principal lighting source changes.

Note

When this unit is operating in EZ mode, the ATW function (see page 57) is forced to ON.

1 Set the switches and selectors as shown in the figure below.

FILTER selector

OUTPUT/DCC switch: CAM

WHITE BAL switch: A or B a)

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GAIN switch: Set as low as

Playback and

possible.

a) White balance setting values are stored in memory B only when the

WHITE SWITCH <B> item is set to MEM on the WHITE SETTING page

 

of the MAINTENANCE menu.

 

2 Set the FILTER selector and the 5600K button to suit the lighting conditions.

The following table shows which FILTER selector setting you should use depending on the lighting conditions.

FILTER selector

Lighting conditions

setting

 

1

(CLEAR)

Indoor shooting

 

 

 

2

(1/4 ND)

Cloudy or rainy outdoor shooting, or

 

 

to reduce the depth of field

3

(1/16 ND)

Sunlight

4

(1/64 ND)

To reduce the depth of field in

 

 

sunlight

If the setting of the FILTER selector is changed, a message reporting the new setting appears for about 3 seconds in the setting change and adjustment progress message display area of the viewfinder screen.

3 Place a white test card under the same lighting conditions as for the subject to be shot and zoom up to it.

Alternatively, any white object such as a cloth or a wall can be used.

The absolute minimum white area is as follows.

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