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Colour balance
16.1 White balance
If you are using a Sony F900 camera in either its native Sony form or the Panavized version, there are three positions for the switch on the side of the camera that determine 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 set the white balance to its own internal setting. You can create your own white balance on position A or B by switching to them and operating the white balance switch on the front of the camera.
16.2 What is white balance?
Digital video cameras are set up to show a colour correct image when the scene is lit with tungsten light. The nearer of the two filter wheels to the camera body, situated just ...
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