White balance adjustment
5
Press the [] or [] button to make the
"White Bal" value blink.
6
Press the [] or [] button to display
"AWC A" or "AWC B".
No settings can be entered (stored) if "ATW" is
displayed.
7
Press the [MENU] button for two
seconds.
The menu display is exited.
8
Press the [SET] button for two seconds.
The auto white balance adjustment (AWC) and auto
black balance adjustment (ABC) are performed, and
the white balance setting is entered.
The black balance setting is also entered at the same
time. The adjustment is performed with the lens
closed so the screen goes temporarily black.
The white balance cannot be adjusted when colour
bars are displayed. Press the [MODE] button to
switch to the camera picture.
When doing the adjustment
using the controller
2
Press the [A] button or [B] button of
[WHITE BAL] to select "AWC A" or
"AWC B" for the white balance.
The selected button's lamp lights.
The white balance setting is not entered if "ATW" has
been selected.
3
Press the [AWC] button.
The auto white balance adjustment (AWC) is executed,
and the white balance setting is entered.
The [AWC] button's lamp blinks while the white balance
is being adjusted, and its lamp goes off when the
adjustment is completed successfully. Its lamp lights if
the white balance could not be adjusted.
If colour bars have been selected (the [MODE]
button or [BAR/CAM] button's lamp lights) or if ATW
is selected (the [ATW] button's lamp lights), it means
that the [AWC] button is not working or that the auto
white balance adjustment has failed. (The button's
lamp lights.)
Notes
White balance may not be correctly set if the lighting
of the object is too weak.
Since the camera has a built-in memory, the set
white balance will remain in the memory even if
power is turned off. Therefore, it is not necessary to
reset the white balance if the colour temperature of
those objects remains unchanged. However, it must
be reset if the colour temperature changes, such
as when you move from indoors to outside, or vice
versa.
When the camera is used alone, red/blue gain
adjustment of painting setting will be automatically
reset to ±0 after setting the white balance. (painting
setting in only User Mode.)
Auto tracking white adjustment (ATW)
When the white balance adjustment is set to "ATW", the
white balance continues to be adjusted automatically all
the time, and it is automatically corrected even when the
light source or colour temperature has changed to produce
completely natural pictures.
This function works when "ATW" is selected instead of
"AWC A" or "AWC B" by following the steps for "Automatic
adjustment" in "White balance adjustment" (page 30).
Notes
ATW might not function properly when high
brightness light (ex. fluorescent lamp) beams into a
screen.
White balance may not be accurately set if there is
no white object in the scene being shot.
The white balance may shift out of adjustment when
a different kind of light source such as sunlight or
fluorescent lighting applies.
3200K and 5600K presets
When "3200K" or "5600K" is selected for the white balance,
the white balance is set using a colour temperature of
3,200K (equivalent to halogen light) or 5,600K (equivalent to
daylight), respectively.
This function works when "3200K" or "5600K" is selected
instead of "AWC A" or "AWC B" by following the steps for
"Automatic adjustment" in "White balance adjustment"
(page 30).
(From the controller, this operation can be performed only
using the menu displays. Refer to "Basic menu operations"
(page 39).)
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