Adjusting The Color Tone; Adjusting The White Balance - Sony nxcam HXR-NX3E Operating Manual

Adjusting the color tone

Adjusting the white balance

You can adjust and fix the white balance
according to the lighting conditions of
recording environment.
You can store white balance values in
memory A ( A) and memory B (
respectively. Unless a white balance is
readjusted, values will remain even after the
power has been turned off.
When you select PRESET, [OUTDOOR],
[INDOOR] or [MANU WB TEMP] is
selected, according to which one you
previously set with [WB PRESET] in the
(CAMERA SET) menu.
z Tips
• You can assign [WB PRESET] to an ASSIGN
button (p. 62).
1
Set the AUTO/MANUAL switch D
to MANUAL.
2
Press the WHT BAL button A to
display the WHT BAL indicator.
3
Set the white balance memory
switch B to any one of
PRESET/A/B.
x Setting the A/B value
Select A or B for recording with the
white balance setting stored in memory
A or B.
See page 42 on how to store the
adjusted value.
x To use the PRESET value of
white balance
Select
PRESET] t a desired setting.
Setting value
(outdoor)
([OUTDOOR])
B),
n (indoor)
([INDOOR])
Color
temperature
setting ([MANU
WB TEMP])
(CAMERA SET) t [WB
Example of recording
conditions
• When recording a night
scene, neon lighting,
fireworks, etc.
• When recording a
sunrise, sunset, etc.
• Under daylight
fluorescent lamp
• Where lighting
conditions change, such
as at a party place, etc.
• Under video light, such
as in a studio, etc.
• Under a sodium or
mercury lamp
• You can set a desired
color temperature
between 2300K and
15000K with
(CAMERA SET) t
[WB TEMP SET]. (The
default setting is 6500K.)
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