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Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Settings
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6-3 Adjustments and Settings from Menus
6-3-4 Specifying an Offset for the
Auto White Balance Setting
By setting an offset for the value of auto white balance,
you can make the picture warmer or colder.
The OFFSET WHT page of the OPERATION menu
allows you to do this setting.
Proceed as follows.
1
Holding down the MENU knob, move the MENU ON/
OFF switch from OFF to ON.
The TOP menu appears.
2
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to
“OPERATION”, and press the MENU knob.
If this is the first time the OPERATION menu has been
displayed, the CONTENTS page appears. If the menu
has been used before, the last accessed page appears.
3
If the CONTENTS page is displayed, turn the MENU
knob to move the b mark to “OFFSET WHITE”, and
press the MENU knob to display the OFFSET WHITE
page.
If a different page is displayed, turn the MENU knob
until the OFFSET WHITE page appears, and press the
MENU knob to select the page.
The WHITE page contains the following items.
4
Set the WHITE BAL switch to the position
corresponding to the desired channel (A or B).
Note
If the WHITE BAL switch is not set to A or B when
you operate the camcorder, the adjustment value will
not be reflected in the output signal.
5
Turn the MENU knob to move the b mark to the item
you want to set, and press MENU knob.
The b mark on the left of the selected item changes to
a z mark and the z mark on the left of the setting
changes to a ? mark.
6
Turn the MENU knob to change the setting, and press
the MENU knob.
The z mark on the left of the selected item changes to
a b mark and the ? mark on the left of the setting
changes to a z mark.
To set other items, go back to step 3.
To set the other white balance channel, go back to step
2.
7
To end the menu operation, set the MENU ON/OFF
switch to OFF or close the cover of the menu operating
section.
6-3-5 Assigning Functions to
ASSIGN 1/2/3/4 Switches
You can assign the desired function to any of the ASSIGN
1/2/3/4 switches and the TURBO GAIN button.
Proceed as follows.
1
Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON.
The last accessed menu page appears on the screen.
2
Turn the MENU knob until the FUNCTION 1 page
appears, then press the MENU knob to select to page.
Item Description
OFFSET WHITE
<A>
Turns the setting of the offset for
channel A ON or OFF. ON: Adds the
offset adjusted on this page to the
white balance.
WARM-COOL <A> Sets the offset for the white balance of
channel A, using the color
temperature. Adjust the value while
looking at the real image because
error tends to be bigger for adjustment
of high color temperature.
COLOR FINE <A> Adjusts the value more precisely if the
adjustment by WARM-COOL <A> is
not satisfactry.
OFFSET WHITE
<B>
Turns the setting of the offset for
channel B ON or OFF. ON: Adds the
offset adjusted on this page to the
white balance.
P17 OFFSET WHT
OFFSET WHITE <A>: OFF
WARM COOL <A>: 3200
COLOR FINE <A>: 0
OFFSET WHITE <B>: OFF
WARM COOL <B>: 3200
COLOR FINE <B>: 0
TOP
WARM-COOL <B> Sets the offset for the white balance of
channel B, using the color
temperature. Adjust the value while
looking at the real image because
error tends to be bigger for adjustment
of high color temperature.
COLOR FINE <B> Adjusts the value more precisely if the
adjustment by WARM-COOL <B> is
not satisfactory.
Item Description