White Balance
You can adjust the white balance of each camera by holding down the white balance button,
marked ‘W/B’ and pressing the shutter up and down arrow buttons to warm or cool the image.
The shutter setting indicator displays white balance values so you can monitor the color
temperature in degrees Kelvin. Check the white balance setting at any time by holding down
the white balance button and observing the shutter setting indicator.
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When changing a white balance or shutter speed setting, you can increase their
speed of change by holding down the corresponding up or down arrow buttons.
Hold down the W/B button and press the shutter up and down arrow
buttons to set a white balance in degrees Kelvin
Color Bars
Pressing the ‘bars’ button will set the camera to display color bars. Press again to turn bars off.
Shutter Speed
The arrow buttons next to the shutter display let you change the camera’s shutter speed.
Press the up arrow to increase the shutter speed and down to decrease. For general
production use, the shutter speed is typically set to 50, meaning 1/50th of a second, which
produces a pleasing motion blur. If you want crisper images with reduced motion blur, for
example when shooting sport, a faster shutter speed may be preferred.
Press the shutter up and down buttons to set the camera’s shutter speed
White and Black Balance Controls
The two rows of color balance knobs are used to adjust the color balance of the white and
black levels, also known as gain and pedestal. Turn the red, green and blue knobs clockwise
or counter clockwise to make changes.
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For achieving accurate color settings while adjusting the color balance, it’s best to
view scopes. For example, a waveform, parade or vectorscope as provided on a
Blackmagic SmartScope 4K.
Black/Flare Button
Adjust the color of the gamma or mid tones by holding down the black/flare button and
adjusting the black balance RGB controls.
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Using ATEM Camera Control Panel