White Balance; Day & Night - Swann SHD860 Reference Manual

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OSD Functions
Backlight
BLC: Fine-tune how the camera responds to backlighting. The camera will try to expose
things in the foreground properly, even if this means that the background will over-expose/
white out.
HSBLC: Place a black mask over extreme highlights in your images. It can be useful to
block out, for example, a bright window during the day or car headlights at night.

WHITE BALANCE

ATW: The default setting, which will attempt to create as neutral a white balance as
possible. Colors tend to be slightly underexposed, but represented quite accurately. The
color of the light will have less of an effect on how the camera perceives color.
AWC➙SET: With this option you can find the optimal white balance setting for the current
environment where your camera is installed. You'll need a large, white object (a wad of
clean printer paper is a good option). Hold the white object in the center of the camera's
view so it fills most of the screen. For best result, try to ensure that the white object is
reflecting the dominant source of light directly into the camera. Then, select AWC➙SET.
INDOOR: This is a pre-programmed setting designed to reproduce the same color
temperatures which would occur under artificial light (indoor) conditions.
OUTDOOR: This is a pre-programmed setting designed to reproduce the same color
temperatures which would occur under sunlight (outdoor) conditions.
MANUAL: This is where you can define a custom white balance by adjusting the Blue and
Red color levels.
DAY & NIGHT
AUTO: The camera will alternate automatically between color during the day or under
artificial lights, and switch to black and white in low light or when the active infrared night
vision is active.
COLOR: The camera will always try to obtain color information, even when there's little
or no light available. In low-light conditions, the color will be faint, but it will be there
(assuming there's enough light to see anything). This will reduce image clarity in low-light
conditions.
B/W: The camera will only operate in black and white.
EXT: The camera currently does not support this mode.
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