Glenn_Gipson
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What is this for? And how do I adjust correctly? I seem to have adjusted my Black Balance by accident. Thanks.
Black Balance
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BLUESPIDER
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Re: Black Balance
Why does have to be Black? You being rascist, Why not white, or asian balance or mexician balance. Why can't you say african american balance instead of black. I'm just playing with you
Why does have to be Black? You being rascist, Why not white, or asian balance or mexician balance. Why can't you say african american balance instead of black. I'm just playing with you
Re: Black Balance
That's what I mailed a couple of minutes ago in another forum.
Black balance is a setting by which the blacks on an ideal display show real neutral "black" (in fact very dark gray). Dark current in a CCD camcorder changes with time and temperature. There are clamp circuits in a camcorder which keep the resulting black level constant. However they can shift a bit after some time. Black balance readjusts those clamp levels. In order to get a correct grayscale (and color!) the blackbalance (lowlight adjust) and the white balance (highlight adjust) as well need to be correct.
That's what I mailed a couple of minutes ago in another forum.
Black balance is a setting by which the blacks on an ideal display show real neutral "black" (in fact very dark gray). Dark current in a CCD camcorder changes with time and temperature. There are clamp circuits in a camcorder which keep the resulting black level constant. However they can shift a bit after some time. Black balance readjusts those clamp levels. In order to get a correct grayscale (and color!) the blackbalance (lowlight adjust) and the white balance (highlight adjust) as well need to be correct.
Re: Black Balance
If you don't have the right epuipment (waveform monitor./oscilloscope) just look at a "black" image from yr cam while the lenscap is on and in manual exposure (no gain-up)mode. On a display (TV, monitor). the image should look as neutral "black"(dark grey) as you are used to see the blacks on broadcast. Pushing up saturation settings on the TV could make the test more sensitive
If you don't have the right epuipment (waveform monitor./oscilloscope) just look at a "black" image from yr cam while the lenscap is on and in manual exposure (no gain-up)mode. On a display (TV, monitor). the image should look as neutral "black"(dark grey) as you are used to see the blacks on broadcast. Pushing up saturation settings on the TV could make the test more sensitive