Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance
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is displayed on the viewfinder screen (in
display mode 2 or 3).
The white balance adjustment ends in about
one second with the message shown in the
following figure, and the adjustment setting
is automatically stored in the memory (A or
B) that was selected in step
1
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Note
If the camera 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 3 seconds on the viewfinder screen (in
display mode 2 or 3).
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, refer to
the Maintenance Manual.
If you have no time to adjust the white
balance
Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST.
For details of automatic white balance adjustment,
see page 57.
White balance memory
Values stored in memory are held until the white
balance is next adjusted.
There are two sets of white balance memories, A
and B, and adjustments for each of the CC filters
can be automatically stored in the memory
corresponding to the setting (A or B) of the
WHITE BAL switch. The camcorder has four
built-in CC filters, so a total of eight (4 × 2)
adjustments can be stored. However, the memory
contents are not linked to the CC filter settings in
the following cases.
• When the number of memories allocated to
each of A and B is limited to one by setting the
FILTER WHT MEM item on the WHITE
SETTING page of the OPERATION menu to
OFF.
If the WHITE BAL switch is set to B, and on the
WHITE SETTING page of the OPERATION
menu, the WHITE SWITCH <B> item is set to
“ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance)”, the ATW
function is activated to automatically adjust the
white balance of the picture being shot for
varying lighting conditions.
To save white balance settings obtained by ATW
Set ATW HOLD MEMORY in the WHITE
SETTING page of the OPERATION menu to
“ON”. When this is done, auto white balance
settings obtained by ATW are written to the
Error message
Meaning
WHITE : NG
LOW LEVEL
The white video level is
too low. Either open the
lens iris or increase the
gain.
WHITE : NG
COLOR TEMP
HIGH
The color temperature is
too high.
WHITE : NG
COLOR TEMP LOW
The color temperature is
too low.
WHITE : NG
TIME LIMIT
Adjustment could not be
completed within the
standard number of
attempts.
AWB:OK
. K
Approximate color temperature
of the subject
WHITE : NG
POOR WHITE
AREA
The white area could not
be checked.
WHITE : NG
OVER LEVEL
The white video level is
too high. Either stop down
the lens iris or change the
ND filter.
Error message
Meaning
