White Balance; Media - Hasselblad 503CW User Manual

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There are seven 'White Balance' settings to choose from.
White Bal. Setting
Setting description
Daylight
For general outdoor use in direct sunlight.
Cloudy For general outdoor use in cloudy weather.
Shade For general outdoor use in shady locations out of direct sunlight.
Flash For general indoor use when using a normal flash/strobe system.
Fluorescent For use when using fluorescent lighting (strip lights).
Tungsten For use when shooting indoors under standard tungsten/B lamps.
Manual For a manual setting
Color temperature can be set
manually or read off after a
test exposure.
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White Balance Shot screen
appears after test exposure to
illustrate the area chosen for
white balance calculation.
White balance / Grey Balance
There are several ways to make a white/grey balance adjustment.
When untethered on location you might prefer to make a quick
preset adjustment setting at the same time that you check the ISO
and Media settings. Tethered in the studio you might prefer to take
the first shot of a grey scale and make the adjustment in FlexColor
or Phocus for that session.
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Please note that white balance settings are for your viewing
convenince only. They in no way affect the raw file which remains
'neutral' awaiting further processing.
To select a preset white balance:
1a. Press the MENU button on the digital capture unit.
2a. Use  and  to select the White Bal: sub-menu.
3a. Use the or button to step through the available
choices until the one you want is shown.
4a. Either move on to another setting by using the navigator but-
ton or press the MENU button to exit the menu system and
keep your setting.
To make a manual white balance setting:
1. Select the MENU > White Bal > Manual item.
2. Use the  button to call up the 'Manual White Balance' screen.
3. Here, you can adjust the color temperature to a specific
numeral setting in degrees K with the
Alternatively, you can position the central spot in the view-
finder over an area that you consider should be rendered as
neutral in color in the image (a 'grey card' or even a sheet of
white paper is ideal) and make a test exposure (ensure the
exposure is approximately correct otherwise you will get a
warning message). A small rectangle appears on the display
marking that particular area. Calculations then take place
automatically so that the following shots use the area chosen
as the new 'white balance' standard. Using this method you
can also read off the screen what the color temperature of
the light source has been judged to be in degrees Kelvin.
4. Press the MENU button to exit the menu system and keep
your setting.
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New settings are retained even when the camera has been turned
off and reactivated, so don't forget to make new settings when
required.

Media

The media setting controls where your digital capture unit will
store new images and which stored images will be visible in the
browse window.
Often, you have just one type of storage media available—the
internal compact-flash card. However, if you have several media
attached (e.g., a card and one or more external disks), then you may
need to switch between them.
If your selected storage medium has more than one batch (folder)
on it, then the batch selected when you use the storage menu item
will be the one you most recently created.
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