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• Face detection cannot be used when the shutter speed used is slower
than 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to [
PF24]) or when the digital
zoom is activated at more than 60x zoom (dark blue area on the zoom
bar).
• When face detection is activated, the slowest shutter speed used by the
camcorder is 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to [
PF24]).
White Balance
The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors
under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look
truly white in your recordings.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro-
grams.
Options
(
Default value)
[
Automatic]
Desired option*
* When you select [
Custom WB], do not press
and continue instead with
the following procedure.
Operating modes:
[
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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