Sony PMW-320K Operating Instructions Manual page 19

• Shooting a subject indoors, against a background
through a window
• Any high contrast scene
i WHITE BAL (white balance memory)
switch
Controls adjustment of the white balance.
PRST: Adjust the color temperature to the preset
value (the factory default setting: 3200K).
Use this setting when you have no time to
adjust the white balance.
A or B: Recall the white balance adjustment
settings already stored in A or B. Push the
AUTO W/B BAL switch (see page 17) on
the WHITE side, to automatically adjust the
white balance, and save the adjustment
settings in memory A or memory B.
1)
B (ATW ): When this switch is set to B and
OPERATION >White Setting >White
Switch<B> is set to [ATW] in the setup
menu, ATW is activated.
You can use the AUTO W/B BAL switch
even when ATW is in use.
When this switch is adjusted, the new setting
appears on the viewfinder screen for about three
seconds.
1) ATW (Auto Tracing White Balance): The white
balance of the picture being shot is adjusted
automatically for varying lighting conditions.
j MENU ON/OFF switch
To use this switch, open the cover.
This switch is used to display the menu on the
viewfinder screen or the test signal screen. Each
time the switch is pushed down, the menu screen
is turned on and off.
The function of this switch is the same as that of
the MENU button in the thumbnail screen
operations section.
k STATUS ON/SEL/OFF (menu display
on/page selection/display off) switch
MENU CANCEL/PRST (preset) /
ESCAPE switch
When the menu is not displayed, this switch
functions as the STATUS ON/SEL/OFF switch.
When the menu is displayed, the switch functions
as the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE switch.
(To use the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE
switch, open the cover.)
Use the STATUS ON/SEL/OFF switch in the
following way.
ON/SEL: Each time this switch is pushed
upward, a window to confirm the menu
settings and status of the camcorder appears
on the viewfinder screen (see page 64). The
window consists of five pages, which are
switched each time the switch is pushed
upward. Each page is displayed for about 10
seconds.
OFF: To clear the page immediately after
display, push this switch down to the OFF
position.
Use the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE in the
following way.
CANCEL/PRST: Pushing this switch up to this
position after a setting is changed in the setup
menu displays the message to confirm
whether the previous settings are cancelled.
Pushing this switch up to this position again
cancels the previous settings.
Pushing this switch up to this position before
a setting is changed in the setup menu or after
a setting change is cancelled in the setup
menu displays the message to confirm
whether the setting is reset to the initial
value.
Pushing this switch up to this position again
resets the settings to the initial value.
ESCAPE: Use this switch when the menu page,
which has a hierarchical structure, is opened.
Each time the switch is pushed to this
position, the page returns to one stage higher
in the hierarchy.
l Cover
Open this cover to use the MENU ON/OFF
switch or the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE
switch.
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