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6.8 ATR (Adaptive Tone Reproduction) Menu
The ATR feature improves the dynamic range and the visibility of the image by providing optimal
gradation compensation of the image in one field. This is achieved by two ways of image processing,
luminance compression and contrast enhancement, so that the tone can be enhanced in highlight and
dark areas.
To enter ATR menu, press
●
button at MAIN
menu-1
>ATR.
MANUAL WB
Default
Descriptions
LEVEL
064
Adjusts the manual white balance by LEVEL, where is B-GAIN.
ATR
Default
Descriptions
LUMINANCE
MID
Compresses the highlight area and enhances the dark area so that the
entire image can converge toward the medium level.
LOW will compensate minimally and HIGH will be level out the image
more. With a HIGH setting, the image may look less contrastive and
noise may increase in the dark area.
CONTRAST
MID
Adjusts the strength of the image contrast.
If set to too high, the dark area may loss detail and the high luminance
area may saturate.
ATW
Default
Descriptions
SPEED
250
Sets the AWB compensating speed. Lower value makes AWB faster.
CAUTION
If AWB is too fast, it may produce color oscillation.
DELAY CNT
001
Adjusts the AWB compensation period to next update of AWB.
The smaller value will update AWB more frequently.
ATW FRAME
X2.00
Determines the ATW range with respect to the fundamental range.
A higher value than x1.00 will extend the ATW range at lower and higher
color temperature.
ENVIRON-
MENT
INDOOR
Selects INDOOR or OUTDOOR.
The ATW is optimized for limited applications.
INDOOR - Optimized for Indoor installation and it compensates ATW for
low color temperature such as incandescent lights.
OUTDOOR - Optimized for outdoor sunlit applications and compensates
ATW for high color temperature such as daylight.
