Digital Cinematography

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White and black balance

White balance

There are three positions for the switch on the side of the camera that determines which form and setting of white balance you are using. The positions are labelled Preset, A and B. With the switch at Preset the camera will white balance to its own internal setting. You can create your own white balance on positions A or B by switching to them and operating the white balance switch on the front of the camera.

In the menu you can chose whether you wish to have a different white balance for every position of the filter wheels or if you want the A and B settings to work on all the filter wheel positions. I prefer the latter. You can locate the page which enables you to make this choice by referring to the ...