Adjusting The White Balance; Selecting The Adjustment Mode; Executing Auto White Balance - Sony PMW-10MD Operating Instructions 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 indicator of the currently selected white
balance adjustment mode (see page 33) is
displayed in the monitor screen.
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 output picture
with the RED knob or the BLUE knob (see page
39).
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.
Five steps of adjustment speed can be selected
with "ATW Speed" (page 46) in the Picture
Profile menu.
You can adjust white gain offset values in order to
change the color balance of the output picture
with the RED knob or the BLUE knob (see page
39).
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Adjusting the White Balance

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

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.
Note
Auto white-balance adjustment cannot be
executed in Preset mode.
1
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.
2
Press the WHITE button.
Auto white-balance adjustment begins.