Adjusting The White Balance - Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual

Adjusting the white balance

1
Set the switches and selectors as shown
in the figure below.
1
1 FILTER selector
2 GAIN selector: Set as low as possible.
3 OUTPUT/DCC switch: CAM
4 WHITE BAL switch: A or B
a)White balance setting values are stored in
memory B only when the WHITE SWITCH <B>
item is set to "MEM" on the WHITE SETTING
page of the OPERATION menu.
If the setting of the GAIN selector or WHITE
BAL switch is changed, a message reporting
the new setting position appears for about 3
seconds in the setting change and adjustment
progress message display area of the
viewfinder screen.
2
Set the FILTER selector to suit the
lighting conditions as follows.
The possible settings of the FILTER selector
and their corresponding filters to be selected
are listed below.
FILTER selector (inner knob)
setting
1
2
3
4
If the setting of the FILTER selector is
changed, a message reporting the setting
appears for about 3 seconds in the setting
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Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance
2 3 4
a)
ND filter
CLEAR
1
/ ND
4
1
/ ND
16
1
/ ND
64
change and adjustment progress message
display area of the viewfinder screen (in
display mode 3).
3
Place a white test card under the same
lighting conditions as for the subject to
be shot and zoom up to it.
Alternatively, any white object such as a
cloth or a wall can be used.
The absolute minimum white area is as
follows.
Rectangle centered on the screen. The
lengths of the sides are 70% of the length
and width of the screen.
The white object must be within the
rectangle and have an area of at least 10%
of the screen.
Note
Make sure there are not bright spots in the
rectangle.
4
Adjust the lens iris.
Manually adjusted lens: set the iris to an
appropriate setting.
Lens with automatic iris: set the automatic/
manual switch on the lens to automatic.
5
Flick the AUTO W/B BAL switch to
WHT and then release the switch.
AUTO W/B BAL switch
The switch returns to the center position, and
the adjustment is executed.
During adjustment, the message
"AWB:EXECUTING WHITE BALANCE"