Adjusting For Natural Colors (White Balance) - Sony PXW-FS7 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting using auto shutter
This function adjusts the shutter speed
automatically in response to the image brightness.
Press the SHUTTER button (page 9).
If the settings screen was displayed, press the
button again.
Or set Auto Exposure (page 59) >Auto Shutter in
the Camera menu to On.
Shooting with a fixed shutter
You can shoot with a set shutter speed.
Press the SHUTTER button to display a screen
with the supported shutter values, and select and
set a value using the SEL/SET dial. If you press
the SHUTTER button again instead of the SEL/
SET dial, auto shutter is enabled.
Setting in the Camera menu
Select Shutter (page 61) in the Camera menu and
set the shutter mode and speed.
Adjusting the light level (ND filter)
In conditions where the lighting is too bright, you
can set the appropriate brightness by changing the
ND filter.
Turn the ND FILTER switch (page 9) to select
Clear t 1/4 t 1/16 t 1/64 t Clear in
sequence.
Adjusting for Natural Colors
(White Balance)
You can select the adjustment mode to suit the
shooting conditions.
ATW (auto tracing white balance)
This function adjusts the white balance
automatically to an appropriate level.
The white balance is automatically adjusted when
the color temperature of the light source changes.
Pressing the WHT BAL button (page 9) switches
ATW on/off.
You can select the speed of adjustment (five
steps) using White >ATW Speed (page 63) in the
Paint menu.
You can freeze the current white balance setting
by assigning the ATW Hold function to an
assignable button (page 42), and pressing the
assignable button to temporarily pause ATW
mode.
Notes
• ATW does not operate in Cine EI mode. Also, when
ATW mode is set to Preset, the available color
temperature options are 3200K, 4300K, and 5500K
only, and the auto white balance function does not
operate.
• It may not be possible to adjust to the appropriate
colors using ATW, depending on the lighting and
subject conditions.
Examples:
- When a single color dominates the subject, such as
sky, sea, ground, or flowers.
- When the color temperature is extremely high or
extremely low.
If the appropriate effect cannot be obtained
because the ATW auto tracking speed is slow or
for other reasons, run auto white balance.
Adjusting the white balance manually
1
Turn Full Auto mode (page 35) off.
2
When white balance is set to ATW
mode, press the WHT BAL button
(page 9) to set manual mode.
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