Adjusting The White Balance And Black Balance; Adjusting The White Balance - Panasonic AG-HPX301E Operating Instructions Manual

Adjusting the White Balance and Black Balance

To record high-quality video with the AG-HPX301E, the
black and white balances must be adjusted according to
conditions.
For higher quality, it is recommended that the adjustments
should be made in this order AWB (white balance
adjustment)  ABB (black balance adjustment)  AWB
(white balance adjustment).

Adjusting the White Balance

Whenever light conditions change, the white balance must
be readjusted.
To adjust the white balance, follow the steps below.
a b
a ND FILTER control
This control adjusts the amount of light entering the
MOS sensor.
b AUTO W/B BAL switch
Use for automatic control of white balance.
c GAIN selector switch
Normally set to 0 dB. If this is too dark, adjust gain as
necessary.
d OUTPUT selector switch
Set to CAM.
e WHITE BAL switch
Set to A or B.
1
 SettheGAIN,OUTPUTandWHITEBAL
switches.
2
 AdjusttheNDFILTERcontrolaccordingtothe
lightconditions.
For examples of ND FILTER adjustments, see
[Shooting and Recording/Playback Functions
Section] (page 18).

c d e
3
 Placeawhitepatternatapointwherethelight
conditionsmatchthoseforthelightsourceof
thesubject.Thenzoom-inonthewhitepattern
sothatwhitecolourappearsinthescreen.
• A white object (cloth or wall) may be used instead
of a white pattern. The illustration below shows the
required size for the white space.
 NOTE
• D o not point the camera at a high-brightness area.
• T he white object must appear at the center of the
screen.
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4
 Adjustthelensiris.
• U se the Y GET function (for details, refer to
page 57) and adjust the iris to a approximately
70% of incoming light.
5
 TurntheAUTOW/BBALswitchtowardAWB
andreleaseit.
• T he switch returns to the central position with the
white balance automatically adjusted.
6
 Duringanadjustment,theviewfinderdisplays
thefollowingmessage:
AWB Ach ACTIVE
7
 Theadjustmentwilltakeeffectinafew
seconds,andthefollowingmessagewill
appear:
• T he adjusted value is automatically stored in the
selected memory (A or B).
AWB A OK 3.2K
• " C TEMP+7" to "C TEMP-7" will appear when
COLOR TEMP of the scene file is set to the value
other than 0.
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screeninheight