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Video recording takes place under various light
sources, from sunlight as the main natural light source
to a wide range of artificial light sources such as
fluorescent lamps. As each of these light sources has a
different colour temperature, each of them gives the
colours of the subject a slightly different tint.
Human eyes can easily adjust to different kinds of
lighting and recognize an object as having the same
colour, even under different light sources.
@ Auto White Balance
This Movie Camera offers both Auto White Balance
Adjustment and Manual White Balance Adjustment.
When the Movie Camera is in the Full Auto Mode, the
internal system of the Movie Camera automatically
determines the temperature of the light and
compensates the tint of the subject accordingly. White is
the basic colour by which the tint is determined.
Because this adjustment is performed based on the
white colour, it is called White Balance Adjustment. The
optimum settings of several light sources are stored in
the memory of the Movie Camera. The internal
microcomputer compares the colour temperature of the
light received by the White Balance Sensor positioned
on the front of the Movie Camera with the colour stored
in memory, and selects the setting for the most similar
tint.
Be careful not to cover the White Balance Sensor with
your hand, etc.
M@ Manual White Balance
Although this Movie Camera stores the optimum
settings for several light sources in memory to correctly
judge the white colour, it cannot cope with all light
sources. Therefore, to record under those types of
lighting (-» 58, 60) which cannot be correctly adjusted
with Auto White Balance Adjustment, use Manual White
Balance Adjustment (> 59).
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