Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance
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The adjustment values are saved
automatically in the memory selected in
step
1
(A or B).
Note
If the camcorder has a zoom lens with an automatic
iris, the iris may hunt
1)
during the adjustment. To
prevent this, adjust the iris gain knob (indicated as
IG, IS, or S) on the lens.
For details, refer to the lens operation manual.
1)
Hunting:
Repeated brightening and darkening of
the image, resulting from repeated response to
automatic iris control.
If the automatic white balance adjustment
cannot be made
If the white balance adjustment cannot be
completed normally, an error message will appear
for about three seconds on the viewfinder screen.
Possible messages are listed below.
If any of the above error messages is displayed,
retry the white balance adjustment. If the error
message occurs again, an internal check is
necessary.
For information about this internal check, contact
your vendor or a Sony service representative.
If you have no time to adjust the white
balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
This makes it possible to automatically set the
white balance to 5600K (factory default value) by
pressing the COLOR TEMP. button.
The color temperature to which the white balance
is set when the COLOR TEMP. button is pressed
can be selected from among 3200K, 4300K,
5600K, and 6300K on OPERATION
>Assignable SW in the setup menu. You can also
assign color temperatures to the ASSIGN. 1/3
switches or ASSIGNABLE 4/5 switches.
To change the color temperature when
the ND filter is switched
You can assign electrical CC (color correction)
filters to ND filters
. This allows you
to change the color temperature automatically
when the ND filter is switched.
1
Set MAINTENANCE >White Filter
>ND Filter C.Temp in the setup menu
to On.
2
To assign an electrical CC filter to
FILTER selector position number 1,
select [ND FLT C.Temp<1>]. To assign
it to positions 2 to 4, select [ND FLT
C.Temp<2-4>].
3
Turn the MENU knob to select the
desired color temperature.
As you turn the MENU knob, the color
temperature changes as follows: 3200K
y
4300K
y
5600K
y
6300K.
4
Repeat steps
2
and
3
as required.
To switch between electrical CC filters
with an assignable switch
You can assign the function that switches
between electrical CC filters to an assignable
switch. This allows you to switch between color
temperatures (3200K/4300K/5600K/6300K) that
have been assigned to up to four positions (A to
D) with each press of the assignable switch.
Regardless of assignments to assignable
switches, you can also switch between the color
temperatures assigned to each position from a
RM-B150/B170/B750 Remote Control Unit.
1
Select MAINTENANCE >White Filter
in the setup menu
2
Select the position to which to assign a
CC filter by selecting one of [Electrical
CC<A>] to [Electrical CC <D>], and
then turn the MENU knob to select the
desired color temperature.
As you turn the MENU knob, the color
temperature changes as follows: 3200K
y
4300K
y
5600K
y
6300K.
Error message
Meaning
NG: Low Light
The white video level is too low.
Either open the lens iris or
increase the gain.
NG: Timeout
Adjustment could not be
completed within the standard
number of attempts.
NG: High Light
The white video level is too
high. Either stop down the lens
iris or change the ND filter.
