EN 23
Manual White Balance Adjustment (M.W.B.)
SELECT
This camcorderOs Automatic Colour Temperature system
senses the colour temperature of the ambient lighting for
automatic white balance adjustment. However, precise
colour adjustment is not possible under the following
conditions:
YWhen an object is in various shades of the same colour.
YWhen a predominantly red or brown object is being shot
outdoors.
In these cases, use the camcorderOs built-in preset filters for white
balance adjustment.
SELECT MODESET
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
PROGRAM AE select dial1except AUTO LOCK.
M.W.B.SELECT FUNCTION
White balancePress SELECT reapeatedly until OM.W.B.� appears.
mode indicatorMWB2
SELECT WHITE BALANCE
Press SET (Manual White Balance) until the
No indication (Auto)MWB3required indication appears in the viewfinder.
OMWB� ..... With a memorized personal White Balance
setting (see below)
O � ......... Outdoors on sunny day
O�......... Outdoors on cloudy day
O � .......... Light source is halogen or tungsten lamp
MWB
MWB sets the colour temperature for the subjectOs light
source so you can shoot with natural colours that are
unaffected by surroundings, even when there are multiple
subjects with different colour temperatures.
SELECT MODE
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
1except AUTO LOCK.
ADJUST FOCUS
Point the camcorder at a white, flat object such as a
2sheet of white paper, and adjust focus manually
(Z pg. 17).
ADJUST WHITE BALANCE
Press SET until OMWB� appears, then press and hold
3SET for more than 3 seconds.
YOMWB� blinks in the viewfinder during adjustment, then
stops blinking but stays lit when adjustment is complete.
NOTES:
cTo switch to automatic white balance adjustment, press SET until the indication disappears, or turn the PROGRAM AE
select dial to OAUTO LOCK�.
cRe-adjust the White Balance when the lighting has changed, when the camcorder has been turned on and off again, or
when the PROGRAM AE select dialOs position has been changed.
cIt is helpful to connect your camcorder to a colour monitor when adjusting the white balance (OBasic Connections�
Z pg. 29).
cWhen adjusted by putting coloured paper in front of the subject in step 2 (OADJUST FOCUS�), this unit makes its colour
temperature standard for automatic white balance. So you can enjoy shooting with different colours. For example, when
adjusting with red, blue or yellow colours, the image becomes the colour which aproximates to green, orange or purple
respectively. |
ACEC
