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# Black balance adjustment

Black balance must be adjusted in the following instances:

- When the camera is used for the first time

- When used after a long period of time without use

- When the ambient temperature has changed considerably

- When super gain is set with the USER button

- When the [CAMERA] menu → [USER SW] → [USER1] to [USER5] → [DS.GAIN] is assigned

- When the digital super gain assignment is changed in the [CAMERA] menu → [USER SW GAIN] → [DS.GAIN]

- When toggling items in the [SYSTEM] menu → [REC FORMAT].

To shoot optimum video, we recommend adjusting the black balance immediately before shooting.

Before adjusting the black balance, prepare the conditions for adjusting the white balance.

Press the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards <ABB> side and then release it.

The switch returns to the central position and the black balance will be automatically adjusted.

Adjustment is completed in several seconds.

#### Messages displayed in the viewfinder and LCD monitor

Status | Message | Remark
--- | --- | ---
During adjustment | [ABB ACTIVE] | —
Adjustment completed | [ABB OK] | The adjusted value is automatically stored in memory.

NOTE

- Make sure that the lens connector is connected and that the lens aperture is in the close mode.

- During black balance adjustment, the aperture is set to automatically shut out light.

- During recording, black balance cannot be adjusted.

- Video is not recorded to the memory card even if the <REC> button is pressed while executing the automatic black balance.

- The gain switching circuit is automatically switched during black balance adjustment. Flicker or noise sometimes appears on the viewfinder screen and LCD monitor. This is not a malfunction.

- Even after automatic black balance has ended, if black shading is a cause for concern, select the [CAMERA] menu → [BLACK SHADING] → [DETECTION], and adjust black shading. Alternatively, set to the [CAMERA] menu → [SW MODE] → [SHD,ABB SW CTL] → [ON] and hold down the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch for two seconds or more to adjust black shading. [BLACK SHADING READY] will be displayed in the viewfinder, and black shading can be automatically adjusted after the automatic black balance operation. While black shading is being adjusted, [BLACK SHADING ACTIVE] will be displayed in the viewfinder. After this, be sure to close down the lens aperture until [BLACK SHADING OK] is displayed in the viewfinder.

- When black balance is being automatically adjusted (when [ABB ACTIVE] is displayed in the viewfinder), adjustment is canceled by pushing the <AUTO W/B BAL> switch towards <ABB> side again. The adjustment values will return to the values before automatic adjustment was performed.

## Black balance memory

Values stored to memory are saved even if the camera is turned off.

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