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Video
Options
(
Default value)
[
Automatic]
Desired option*
* When you select [
Custom WB], do not press
and continue instead with
the following procedure.
To set the custom white balance
1 Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole
screen and press
.
When the adjustment is completed,
stops flashing and stays on.
The camcorder retains the custom setting even if you turn off the
camcorder.
2 Press
to save the setting and close the menu.
NOTES
• When you select the custom white balance:
- Set the custom white balance in a sufficiently illuminated place.
- Set
[Digital Zoom] to [
Off].
- Reset the white balance when the lighting conditions change.
- Depending on the light source,
may keep flashing. The result will
still be better than with [
Automatic].
• Custom white balance may provide better results in the following cases:
- Changing lighting conditions
- Close-ups
[
Automatic]
The camcorder automatically sets the white bal-
ance for natural looking colors.
[
Daylight]
To record outdoors on a bright day.
[
Shade]
To record in shaded places.
[
Cloudy]
To record on a cloudy day.
[
Tungsten]
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
Fluorescent]
To record under warm white, cool white or warm-
white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
Fluorescent H]
To record under daylight or daylight-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
Custom WB]
Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored lighting.
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