Adjusting The White Balance; Selecting The Adjustment Mode; Executing Auto White Balance - Sony MCC-3000MT Instructions For Use Manual

Adjusting the White
Balance
The white balance must be adjusted to suit to the
color temperature of the light source.
You can select the adjustment mode according to
the shooting conditions.
The currently selected adjustment mode is
indicated in the front panel display (see page 23).
Preset (PRST) mode
The color temperature is adjusted to the preset
value (factory-default value: 3200K) in this
mode. Select this mode when there is no time to
adjust the white balance or when you wish to fix
the white balance to the condition of you set for a
Picture Profile.
Memory (MEM) mode
The white balance is adjusted to the value stored
in memory.
Pressing the WHITE button executes auto
white balance and stores the adjusted value in
memory.
You can adjust white gain offset values in order to
change the color balance of the camera output
picture with the RED knob or the BLUE knob
(see page 28).
ATW (Auto-Tracing White balance) mode
In this mode, the unit automatically adjusts the
white balance to the appropriate condition.
When the color temperature of the light source
changes, the white balance adjustment is
automatically executed. When you want to
disable auto-tracing or readjust the white balance,
press the WHITE button.
Five steps of adjustment speed can be selected
with "ATW Speed" (page 35) in the Picture
Profile menu.
You can adjust white gain offset values in order to
change the color balance of the camera output
picture with the RED knob or the BLUE knob
(see page 28).

Selecting the adjustment mode

You can select Preset mode, Memory mode, or
ATW mode with the WHITE BAL button.
WHITE BAL button
ATW: ATW mode
MEM: Memory mode
PRST: Preset mode
Note
Adjustment modes cannot be selected separately
for each camera.

Executing auto white balance

Execute auto white-balance adjustment according
to the color temperature of the light source.
The adjustment value can be stored in memory.
You can also switch the camera with the
CAMERA SEL button to configure auto white-
balance separately for each camera.
Note
Auto white-balance adjustment cannot be
executed in Preset mode.
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Place a white subject under the same
lighting condition and zoom in on it so
that a white area is obtained in the
monitor screen.
A white object (white cloth, a white wall,
etc.) near the subject may be used in place.
Be careful not to have any spots of high
illumination in the monitor screen.

Adjusting the White Balance

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