Correct colour rendition and stable white balance are essential for professional video. This chapter explains each white balance mode, how to fine-tune colours, boost saturation, and—if you have the CCM license—match your camera to other systems.

White Balance Modes

  • Auto – Continuously measures and adjusts to changing light conditions.
  • Manual – Use RG/BG sliders to add or remove red/blue bias when lighting is consistent.
  • XX00 K – Lock white balance to a specific Kelvin temperature (e.g. 5600 K for daylight).
  • OnePush – Calibrates white balance on a white card in the frame, then locks it until changed.

OnePush White Balance

OnePush gives the most accurate, repeatable white point:

  • Web GUI: VIDEO ▶ Camera Settings ▶ Color ▶ WB Mode ▶ OnePush
    • Place a white card to fill the frame and click Adjust.
    Web GUI OnePush white balance
  • OSD menu: MENU ▶ CAMERA ▶ COLOR ▶ WB Mode ▶ OnePush
    • Press HOME to begin calibration.
  • During calibration the camera measures the white reference and locks the white balance:
    OnePush calibration in progress

Adjusting Colour Saturation

Why: IP streaming often reduces colour richness. Boost saturation to restore vibrancy.

  • OSD menu: MENU ▶ CAMERA ▶ COLOR ▶ Saturation
  • Web GUI: VIDEO ▶ Camera Settings ▶ Color ▶ Saturation
  • Recommended: 120 % – 130 %

Auto White Balance (AWB) Sensitivity

This determines how quickly the camera responds to changing light:

  • High – fast adjustments, may cause flicker in mixed lighting.
  • Mid – balanced response.
  • Low – slow adjustments, helps prevent “pumping” in low light.

Best practices

  • Use OnePush white balance whenever possible.
  • Boost saturation to 120 %–130 % for IP streaming.
  • Re-run white balance after significant lighting changes.


  • Color

    • Navigate to the Color tab.
    • Choose one of the White Balance values (2400K ~ 7100K) at WB Mode.
      • Do you need a lot of yellow light? Set the value of the WB Mode approximately between 5000K and 7100K.
      • Do you need a lot of blue light? Set the value of the WB Mode approximately between 2400K and 3300K.
    • If needed, change the Hue to compensate.


Color

The color modes inside the camera are designed in such a way that the video output of the camera can match the current light conditions to produce accurate colors. There are several automatic preset modes and a manual mode to set the colors to the preference of the user.


Figure 31: WebGUI > VIDEO > Camera Settings > Color

The settings are listed below.




 

WB mode

 

 

RG Tuning BG Tuning Saturation Hue or tint

  

The camera continuously measures and defines the light conditions and acts accordingly (Auto). In this mode, there are some adjustments that can be made to tune the image to the preference of the user (in manual or when the white balance is set to a specific value).

Red Gain Tuning, increase or decrease red. Blue Gain Tuning, increase or decrease blue.

How saturated the image’s colors are. 0% would produce a black and white image.

The balance between green and red. -15 is green, 15 is red, 0 is natural color.


Execute the following steps to define your camera settings:

  1. Use the Camera Settings tabs (outlined below) to change the OSD settings as if you are using the remote control.

  2. If you have changed a value with the remote control, update the WebGUI using the REFRESH button.

    Color issues

        Check the OSD settings for exposure, white balance, color temp, Red and Bluetuning.


    When experiencing image problems, you may also check Appendix D - CMOS Image Sensor

    Characteristics