Sony PMW320K Product Manual (PMW320 Operating Instruction) - Page 52

Chapter 3 Adjustments and Settings AUTO W/B BAL switch The message "Executing..." appears during execution, and changes to "OK: (color temperature of subject)" when the adjustment finishes. The adjustment values are saved automatically in the memory selected in step 1 (A or B). Note If the camcorder has a zoom lens with an automatic iris, the iris may hunt 1) during the adjustment. To prevent this, adjust the iris gain knob (indicated as IG, IS, or S) on the lens. For details, refer to the lens operation manual. 1) Hunting: Repeated brightening and darkening of the image, resulting from repeated response to automatic iris control. If the automatic white balance adjustment cannot be made If the white balance adjustment cannot be completed normally, an error message will appear for about three seconds on the viewfinder screen. Possible messages are listed below. Error message NG: Low Light NG: Timeout NG: High Light Meaning The white video level is too low. Either open the lens iris or increase the gain. Adjustment could not be completed within the standard number of attempts. The white video level is too high. Either stop down the lens iris or change the ND filter. If any of the above error messages is displayed, retry the white balance adjustment. If the error message occurs again, an internal check is necessary. For information about this internal check, refer to the Maintenance Manual. If you have no time to adjust the white balance Set the WHITE BAL switch to PRST. This makes it possible to automatically set the white balance to 5600K (factory default value) by pressing the COLOR TEMP. button. The color temperature to which the white balance is set when the COLOR TEMP. button is pressed can be selected from among 3200K, 4300K, 5600K, and 6300K on OPERATION >Assignable SW in the setup menu. You can also assign color temperatures to the ASSIGN. 1/3 switches or ASSIGNABLE 4/5 switches. To change the color temperature when the ND filter is switched You can assign electrical CC (color correction) filters to ND filters (see page 16). This allows you to change the color temperature automatically when the ND filter is switched. 1 Set MAINTENANCE >White Filter >ND Filter C.Temp in the setup menu (see page 124) to On. 2 To assign an electrical CC filter to FILTER selector position number 1, select [ND FLT C.Temp]. To assign it to positions 2 to 4, select [ND FLT C.Temp]. 3 Turn the MENU knob to select the desired color temperature. As you turn the MENU knob, the color temperature changes as follows: 3200K y 4300K y 5600K y 6300K. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 as required. 52 Adjusting the Black Balance and the White Balance