Panasonic AG-HPX250EN Camcorder User Manual


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1 Set the GAIN and WHITE BAL switches.
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FortheWHITEBALswitch,selectAorBas
apositiontosavetheadjustmentvalue.
2 Adjust the ND FILTER dial according to the
light conditions.
ForexamplesofNDFILTERdial,see“Light
intensityadjustments”(Page31).
3 Place a white pattern at a point where the
light conditions match those for the light
source of the subject. Then zoom-in on the
white pattern so that white color appears in
the screen.
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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.
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Do not point the camera-recorder at a high-
brightness area.
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The white object must appear at the center
of the screen.
1/3 or more of the screen in width
1/3 or more
of the screen
in height
4 Adjust the lens iris.
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UsetheYGETfunction(Page122)andadjust
theiristoaapproximately70%ofincoming
light.
5 Press the AWB button.
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Theswitchreturnstothecentralpositionwith
thewhitebalanceautomaticallyadjusted.
6 During an adjustment, the viewnder
or LCD monitor displays the following
message:
AWB Ach ACTIVE
Adjusting the white balance and black balance
Torecordhigh-qualityvideowiththeAG-HPX250P/
EN,theblackandwhitebalancesmustbeadjusted
accordingtoconditions.
Ifwhitebalanceandblackbalanceadjustments
aremadewhilethevideoimageisdistorted
duetoGENLOCK,theadjustmentsmaynot
becorrect.Waitforthevideoimagetoreturn
tonormalbeforeperformingwhitebalanceand
blackbalanceadjustmentsagain.
Adjusting the white balance
Wheneverlightconditionschange,thewhite
balancemustbereadjusted.
Toadjustthewhitebalance,followthestepsonthe
right.
AWB button
Useforautomaticcontrol
ofwhitebalance.
WHITE BAL switch
SettoAorB.
ND FILTER dial
Thiscontroladjuststheamountoflight
enteringtheMOSsensor.
GAIN switch
Normallysetto0dB.Ifthisistoo
dark,adjustgainasnecessary.
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