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Black Balance Adjustment
Chapter 3 Basic Adjustments and Settings
<SUBDISPLAY 2> page
Move the pointer to PAGE SELECT then push on the
MENU SEL/ENTER dial to jump to the <PAGE
SELECT> subpage, where limitation of display pages can
be assigned.
<PAGE SELECT> page
To switch ON/OFF, move the pointer to an item whose
setting you wish to change and push on the MENU SEL/
ENTER dial. Any page with an OFF setting will not be
displayed on the subdisplay.
3-3 Black Balance
Adjustment
In order to maintain high picture quality when using the
camera, it is necessary to set the black balance
appropriately. After turning on the camera, apply power to
the camera for several minutes, then be sure to perform the
black balance adjustment before starting any picture
adjustment.
Automatic black balance adjustment
Push the assignable switch 4/AUTO BLK BAL switch on
the side of the camera or on the assistant panel down to the
position AUTO BLK BAL then release it.
Automatic black balance adjustment is performed.
During adjustment, “ABB: EXECUTING” is displayed on
the viewfinder screen. When the adjustment process is
completed successfully, the message “ABB: OK” is
displayed.
• During black balance adjustment, ND is automatically
set to 5 (CAP), and the iris is closed.
• During black balance adjustment, the gain switching
circuit will work automatically, and the viewfinder
screen will flicker several times. This is not a
malfunction.
When automatic black balance adjustment fails
If the automatic black balance adjustment process does not
end successfully, the error message “ABB: NG” will be
displayed on the viewfinder screen for approximately three
seconds.
If this error message is displayed, try black balance
adjustment again.
If the error message continues to be displayed after several
attempts, the camera requires internal inspection.
Menu
indication
Target page
SHUTTER Shutter setting page
FORMAT Video-format selection page
ND Optical filter selection page
GAIN/WHITE/
5600K
Gain setting page
LENS FILE Lens file selection page
TIME CODE Time code/tape remaining display page
VOLTAGE/FAN
MODE
Voltage confirmation/Fan Operation mode
select page
CHARACTER
MIX
Character indication setting page
ASSIGNABLE
SW1/SW2
Assignable buttons 1/2 setting page
ASSIGNABLE
SW3/SW4
Assignable button 3/switch 4 setting page
BRIGHT Subdisplay brightness adjustment page
GAMMA
TABLE
Gamma table selection page
COLOR
SPACE
Color space selection page
<SUBDISPLAY 2> 12
LOCK SW MODE
CAMERA : -RUN
PANEL : FULL
B
PAGE SELECT
<PAGE SELECT> ESC
xx
SHUTTER :
B
ON
FORMAT : ON
ND : ON
GAIN/WHITE/5600K : ON
LENS FILE : ON
TIME CODE : ON
VOLTAGE/FAN MODE : ON
CHARACTER MIX : ON
ASSIGNABLE SW1/SW2 : ON
ASSIGNABLE SW3/SW4 : ON
Notes
LOCK
VF MENU/DISPLAY CANCEL/STATUS
4
AUTO
BLK
BAL
PAG E
RUN
SET
AUTO BLK BAL switch