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Setting the gain
In places which are too dark, increase the gain level, and in places
which are too bright, reduce the gain level .
When the gain is increased, the noise level also increases .
1 .
Press the GAIN button .
The current gain setting appears .
GAIN : 18dB
2 .
Turn the F1 dial to select a setting .
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When the AUTO GAIN button is pressed, auto gain mode is
enabled and the light quantity is adjusted automatically .
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If approximately 3 seconds elapses without the F1 dial being
operated after the GAIN button is pressed, the previous LCD
panel display is redisplayed .
Setting the pedestal
When using multiple cameras, you need to set the same the black level
(pedestal level) for images shot with each camera .
1 .
Turn the PED dial to select a setting .
Adjustment in the minus (–) direction makes the parts closer to
black, and adjustment in the plus (+) direction makes the parts
closer to white .
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The setting value is displayed on the LCD panel during setting .
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When the PED dial is pressed, the setting value does not change
and is only displayed .
PED :
+150
Setting the white balance
Adjust the ratio between R, G, and B (the three primary colors) so that
white will be reproduced accurately .
When the white balance is off, not only will white be reproduced poorly
but the color tone of the entire picture will also deteriorate .
The white balance needs to be set when the lighting conditions and
brightness have changed . The white balance must also be adjusted
when using a remote camera for the first time or when a remote camera
has not been used for a prolonged period of time .
The white balance can be adjusted automatically or manually (fine
adjustment after automatic adjustment), and results can be stored in
two memory areas (A and B) of the remote camera . The result in a
memory area can be recalled by pressing the WHITE BAL A button or
WHITE BAL B button on the unit .
In addition, you can select the auto tracking white balance (ATW) mode
for automatically tracking the white balance in accordance with the
lighting conditions .
Automatically adjusting the white balance
1 .
With the selected remote camera, fill the screen with a
white subject (white wall or paper) .
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Make sure a shining object or very bright object does not appear
on the screen .
2 .
Press the WHITE BAL A button to turn on its indicator .
3 .
Press the AWB button .
The AWB button indicator blinks and the white balance is adjusted
automatically .
When adjustment ends successfully, the button indicator turns off
and the adjustment results are registered to memory A .
When adjustment was not possible, the AWB button indicator turns
on .
Try changing, for example, the lens iris, subject, and lighting
conditions, and then perform adjustment again .
4 .
Press the WHITE BAL B button to turn on its indicator .
5 .
Press the AWB button .
Similar to step
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, the adjustment results are saved to memory B .
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When the white balance is adjusted automatically, the R and
B GAIN setting values become “±0” .
Making image adjustments for the selected remote camera
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