Sony PMW-500, Operation Manual

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Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance
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To change the color temperature when
the ND filter is switched
You can assign electrical CC (color correction)
filters to ND filters
(see page 17)
. 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
(see page 143) 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/B750 Remote Control Unit.
1
Select MAINTENANCE >White Filter
in the setup menu
(see page 143) .
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.
To set no color temperature
Select “-----” with
Electrical
CC<C> or <D>
selected.
When the assignable switch is pressed, the
setting for that position is not displayed. For
example, if “-----” is set for one position, then
switching between the remaining three
positions is carried out.
3
Repeat step
2
as required.
4
Assign the electrical CC filter switching
function (ELECTRICAL CC) to an
assignable switch
(see page 158) .
White balance memory
Values stored in memory are held until the white
balance is next adjusted even when the camcorder
power is turned off.
The camcorder has two white balance memories,
A and B. You can automatically save adjustment
values for each ND filter in the memory that
corresponds to the WHITE BAL switch setting
(A or B). The camcorder has four built-in ND
filters, allowing you to save a total of eight
adjustment values (4 × 2). However, the contents
of the memories are not linked to ND filter
settings in the following cases.
• When the number of memories allocated to
each of A and B is limited to one by setting
OPERATION >White Setting >Filter White
Memory in the setup menu to Off.
• When the electrical CC filter switching function
has been assigned to an assignable switch, or
when a remote control unit has been connected.
(In these cases, the contents of white balance
memory are linked to electrical CC filter
positions (A to D).)
Also, when OPERATION >White Setting
>White Switch<B> in the setup menu is set to
[ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance)], and the
WHITE BAL switch is set to B, the ATW
function is activated to automatically adjust the
white balance of the picture being shot for
varying lighting conditions.