Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
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Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
Manual Exposure Adjustment and
Automatic Backlight Correction
At times, backlit subjects may appear too
dark (underexposed) or subjects under
very strong lights may appear too bright
or glaring (overexposed). To correct this
you can use the automatic backlight
correction or manually adjust the
exposure.
Automatic Backlight Correction
When shooting subjects with a strong
light source behind them, you can have
the camcorder automatically correct for
the backlight with the press of a single
button.
Press .
•
appears.
• Press
again to end the backlight
correction mode.
Manual Exposure Adjustment
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch: (except for the
[
FIREWORKS] recording program).
1
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
) to display it.
2
Push the joystick (
) toward [EXP].
• If [EXP] does not appear on the
joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick (
) toward [NEXT] to display
the joystick guide in the illustration
above.
• The exposure adjustment indicator
and the neutral value “±0”
appear on the screen.
• If you operate the zoom while the
exposure is locked, the brightness of
the image may change.
3
Adjust (
) the brightness of the
image as required.
• The adjustment range and the length
of the exposure adjustment indicator
will vary depending on the initial
brightness of the picture.
• Pushing the joystick (
) toward
[EXP] again will return the camcorder
to automatic exposure.
Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the
following subjects. In such case, focus
manually.
Reflective surfaces
Subjects with low contrast or
without vertical lines
Adjusting the Picture:
Exposure, Focus and Color
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