Setting The Zebra Pattern - Sony Handycam NEX-VG900E Handbook

Indoor ()
The white balance is appropriately adjusted
for the following recording conditions:

Indoors

At party scenes or studios where the
lighting conditions change quickly
 Under video lamps in a studio, or under
sodium lamps or incandescent-like color
lamps
Color Temp. ( )
The white balance is adjusted according to
the color temperature of the light source:
 Select [Color Temp.] , then set it with
+/- on the LCD screen.
One Push ( )
The white balance will be adjusted
according to the ambient light.

Touch [ ].

Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot the
subject.
 Touch [ ].
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Notes
Set [White Balance] to [Auto] or adjust

the color in [One Push] under white or
cool white fluorescent lamps.
When you select [One Push], keep

framing white objects.
While the camcorder is recording a

movie, is grayed out and [One Push]
cannot be set.
Tips

If you have changed the battery pack while

[Auto] was selected, or taken your camcorder
outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim
your camcorder at a nearby white object for
about 10 seconds for better color balance
adjustment.
When the white balance has been set with [One

Push], if the lighting conditions changed by
bringing your camcorder outdoors from inside
the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the
[One Push] procedure to readjust the white
balance.
You can adjust the white balance B-A (blue to

amber), or G-M (green to magenta) by touching
[OPTION].
When [WB Color Temp.], [WB B-A] or [WB

G-M] is assigned to the MANUAL button
(p. 49), the value can be adjusted by pressing the
MANUAL button and rotating the MANUAL
dial (p. 47). If the MANUAL button is pressed
again, [Auto] is set in the case of [WB Color
Temp.], and the setting becomes ineffective in
the case of [WB B-A] or [WB G-M].

Setting the Zebra Pattern

You can display a zebra pattern as a guide
for adjusting brightness. The zebra pattern
will not be recorded with the image.
Press ZEBRA.
(brightness level) appears on the screen.
You can select a brightness level between 70 and
100+ in 5 IRE from the menu (p. 76).
Press ZEBRA again to cancel.
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Notes
With a subject that exceeds a brightness level of

100 IRE, the image may become overexposed.
Tips

IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is a measure

of the video signal level that is used as the bases
of brightness; the reference level (pedestal
level) is set to 0 (%) and the maximum level
(completely white level) is set to 100 (%).
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ZEBRA button