Adjusting the White Balance. JVC GY-HM710, GY-HM750

Shooting

Adjusting the White

Balance

Adjust the white balance according to the color temperature of the lighting. You can select the adjustment mode according to the shooting conditions.

As the color of the light (color temperature) varies according to the light source, it is necessary to readjust the white balance when the main light source illuminating the object changes.

[WHT.BAL.] Selection Switch

[FULL AUTO]

Switch

[POWER]

Switch

[AWB] Button

Manual White Balance Mode (Manual

Switching)

You can select the white balance with the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch.

Use the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch to select APRESETB (preset mode), AAB (memory A mode), or ABB (memory B mode).

Memo :

● The [FAW] (Fulltime Auto White balance) function can be assigned to the [A], [B], or [PRESET] button using [Switch

Set] in the [Camera Function] menu. (A Page 79)

● In [FAW] mode, color temperature of the images is sampled and white balance is automatically adjusted to the appropriate level.

● When [White Balance] in the [Camera Function] B [FULL

AUTO] menu is set to AFAWB and the [FULL AUTO] switch on the camera recorder is set to AONB, the mode is fixed at AFAWB.

�Preset Mode (PRESET)

Two different color temperature settings are registered on this camera recorder. You can switch between them using the [AWB] button.

(Default setting: A3200KB1A5600KB)

You can change both the color temperature settings in the

Preset mode in the menu.

[Main Menu] B [Camera Process] B [White Balance] menu

B Select either [Preset Temp.] or [Alternative Temp.].

(A Page 85)

1

Set the [W. BAL] switch to APRESETB.

2

Press the [AWB] button.

Press the [AWB] button to switch to a different color temperature. (APreset Temp.B1AAlternative Temp.B)

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�Memory A Mode (A), Memory B Mode (B)

Set to the white balance saved in Memory A or Memory B.

When the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch is set to [A] or [B], press the [AWB] button to execute white balance. The white balance will be automatically adjusted and the adjusted value will be saved in Memory A or Memory B.

1

Prepare the camera recorder.

A Set the [POWER] switch to AONB.

B Set the iris mode switch of the lens to AAB (automatic).

C Set the [FULL AUTO] switch to AOFFB.

2

Set the [ND FILTER] switch according to the lighting

(A Page 45).

3

Set the [WHT.BAL.] switch to AAB or ABB.

4

Locate a place with similar lighting conditions as the object to be shot, place a white object near the center of the screen and zoom in to fill the screen with white.

5

Press the [AWB] (Auto White Balance) button.

● The white detection frame appears when Auto White

Balance is activated. Fill the frame with white completely.

● AAUTO WHITE A, B OPERATIONB appears on the viewfinder when Auto White Balance is activated.

● When the correct white balance is achieved, AAUTO

WHITE A, B OKB appears for about 3 seconds together with the approximate color temperature.

AUTO WHITE A

OPERATION

[AWB] Activating

AUTO WHITE A

OK <3200K>

White Detection Frame

Result Display

Note :

● Do not use highly reflective objects, such as metals. Doing so may result in improper white balance adjustment.

● The Auto White function cannot provide optimum white balance with an object outside the adjustment range, for example when it contains only a single color or not enough white color.

� Error Message

If the white balance adjustment is not correctly completed, one of the following messages will appear for about 5 seconds.

Error Message

NG : OBJECT

ERROR : LOW LIGHT

ERROR : OVER LIGHT

Status

The object used is defective.

Displayed when there is not enough white color on the object, or when the color temperature is not suitable.

Use another white object and adjust the white balance again.

Insufficient illumination.

Displayed when the lighting is dark.

Increase the lighting and adjust the white balance again.

Excessive illumination.

Displayed when the lighting is too bright. Decrease the lighting and adjust the white balance again.

�White Paint Adjustment

You can fine-tune the white balance saved in Memory A or

Memory B.

* Adjust [White Paint R]/[White Paint B] in [Main Menu] B

[Camera Process] B [White Balance] menu (A Page 85)

When [AWB] is selected, the normal white paint adjustment value is cleared. However, you can also set to keep the value even when [AWB] is executed. (A Page 85)

Automatic White Balance Mode

(FAW: Fulltime Auto White balance)

You can assign AFAWB (Fulltime Auto White balance) to any of the three positions on the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch.

Configure the setting with [FAW] in the [Camera Function] B

[SW Set] menu. (A Page 79)

Set the [FULL AUTO] switch on the camera recorder to AONB to enter FAW mode. White balance is automatically adjusted according to the color temperature of the lighting on the object.

White balance switching with the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch is disabled.

Memo :

● When [White Balance] in the [Camera Function] B [FULL

AUTO] menu is set to ASW SetB, you can switch the white balance with the [WHT.BAL.] selection switch on the camera recorder. (A Page 81)

Note :

● The accuracy of [FAW] is inferior to that of Auto White

Balance.

● When the power of the camera recorder is turned on with the [FAW] mode selected, it takes about 15 seconds for the colors to stabilize.

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