Sony HDC-F950 User Manual

Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording

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Chapter 4

Adjustments and Settings for Recording

• During black balance adjustment, the iris will be

automatically 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.

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.

The black balance values stored in memory will be
preserved even when the camera power is turned off.

Automatic adjustment of white balance is performed
with the following procedure.

Set the switches as shown in the figure below.

When the GAIN and WHITE BAL switch settings
are changed, messages reflecting the new settings
will be displayed for approximately three seconds
in the setting change/adjustment progress message
display area of the viewfinder screen (when the
MESSAGE setting of the VF DISPLAY page of
the OPERATION menu is set to ON).

Select a FILTER control setting according to the
lighting conditions.

When the FILTER control setting is changed,
messages reflecting the new settings will be
displayed for approximately three seconds in the
setting change/adjustment progress message
display area of the viewfinder screen (when the
MESSAGE setting of the VF DISPLAY page of
the OPERATION menu is set to ON).

Place a white pattern in the same lighting
conditions as the subject, and zoom in on it so that
a white area is obtained in the screen to satisfy the
positional and quantitative requirements illustrated
below.

A white object (white cloth, a white wall, etc.) near
the subject may be used in place of a white pattern.

Be careful not to have any spots of high
illumination in the rectangle.

FILTER control

DISPLAY: OFF

WHITE BAL: A or B

OUTPUT/AUTO KNEE: CAM

GAIN: Select the smallest possible
gain value.

1 clear

A cross filter

2 1/4 ND

B 3200K

3 1/8 ND

C 4300K

4 1/16 ND

D 6300 K

A rectangle centered in
the screen.  The length of
the sides must be at least
70% of the height and
width of the screen.

Within this rectangle,
there must be an area of
white greater than 10%
of the entire screen.

5 1/64 ND

E 8400 K