Hasselblad H3DII - White Balance and Grey Balance Settings

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 Note that the default sensitivity of the CCD sensor is either ISO
50 or ISO 100. Higher ISO settings result in progressively noisier
images (just as higher ISO lm becomes grainer). It is recom-
mended that you use the lowest ISO setting that the lighting
situation allows.
To set the ISO on the digital capture unit
1. Choose MAIN MENU > ISO. This is the top item of the top
menu, so it will be selected by default when you enter the
menu system. (See also Navigating the Menu System for
details about how to nd this setting.)
2. Use the zoom (
–
or
+
)button to step through the available
ISO settings until the setting you want is shown.
3. Either move on to another setting by using the navigator but-
ton or press the menu button to exit the menu system and
keep your setting.
 White Balance settings are only approximate color temperature
settings. They are only used for user convenience when viewing.
3F/3FR les are raw format les and therefore contain all the
information required for correction in Phocus / FlexColor and/
or other software, regardless of the original color temperature
at the time of exposure .
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To set the white balance on the grip
e ISO/WB button provides immediate access to white balance
settings. e rear control wheel is used to make the desired changes.
e settings are automatically and simultaneously transferred
from the camera to the digital capture unit. Please note that the
changes are only displayed on the digital capture unit unit when
the settings have been saved.
1) Press the ISO/WB button on the grip.
2) To make a preset White Balance setting, turn the rear con-
trol wheel to choose between:
Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Flash, Fluorescent and Tungsten
3) To make a Manual White Balance setting (not a White
balance test exposure), press the Man. (AF) button and
then turn the rear control wheel to choose a color tempera-
ture:
2000 – 10000 K
4) Press SAVE (ISO/WB button) to save the setting.
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ISO/WB
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Save
ISO/WB
White balance / Grey balance setting
ere are several ways to make a white/grey balance setting adjust-
ment. When untethered on location you might prefer to make a
quick preset adjustment setting at the same time that you check the
ISO and Media settings. Tethered in the studio you might prefer
to take the rst shot of a grey scale and make the adjustment in
Phocus/FlexColor for that session. In addition, you might want to
assign the User Button as a rapid white balance check in a mixed
lighting situation.
A white balance setting can be made either on the grip or on
the digital capture unit. Changes made on one are recorded and
displayed on the other.