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Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording — Adjusting the white and black balance
When you have no time to adjust the white balance
Set the <WHITE BAL> switch to <PRST>.
The value can be changed to 3200 K, 5600 K, and the user-specified variable value by pressing the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards the <AWB> side
and pressing the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards the <AWB> side again while the color temperature is displayed. The variable value can be set at
SmartUI.
When the white balance has not been automatically adjusted
When the white balance has not been successfully adjusted, the viewfinder screen displays an error message.
Error message
Description
[AWB Ach NG] or [AWB Bch NG]
The color temperature is too high or too low.
[LOW LIGHT]
There is insufficient light.
[LEVEL OVER]
There is too much light.
Viewfinder display for white balance
For details, refer to “Viewfinder status display” (page 72).
Setting the auto tracking white balance (ATW) function
The camera is equipped with the Auto Tracking White Balance (ATW) function that automatically tracks the white balance of images according to the
lighting conditions.
The auto tracking white balance function can be assigned to <B> of the <WHITE BAL> switch by setting the [ATW] item on the setting menu [SW
MODE] screen to [Bch].
The auto tracking white balance function can be assigned to the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>).
For details, refer to “Assigning functions to <USER> buttons” (page 60).
SW MODE
LOW GAIN
MID GAIN
HIGH GAIN
ATW
W.BAL.PRESET
USER MAIN
USER1
USER2
0dB
6dB
12dB
Bch
3.2K
Y_GET
BACKLIGHT
TEXT MEMO
PUSH MENU TO RETURN
Canceling the auto tracking white balance
Press the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>) to which the auto tracking white balance function is assigned again, or select the
<WHITE BAL> switch. However, when the auto tracking white balance function is set to <B> of the <WHITE BAL> switch, the function cannot be
canceled with the <USER> buttons (<USER MAIN>/<USER1>/<USER2>).
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NOTE
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This function does not guarantee 100% accuracy for the white balance. The tracking performance relative to changes in ambient lighting and
white balance performance has been given a certain degree of latitude.
