Advanced Shooting
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NOTES
• The camcorder will not record the full 3 seconds prior to pressing
Y
if the button was pressed within 3 seconds of having
turned on pre-recording or having finished the previous recording.
• Any of the following actions will deactivate the pre-recording function.
- Leaving the camcorder without any operation for 5 minutes.
- Changing the operating mode.
- Activating video snapshot.
- Touching any of the following control buttons in the [
Main
Functions] panel: [
Ä
White Balance], [
R
Faders] or
[
Ò
Decoration].
- Opening the [
Other Settings] menus.
- Changing the shooting mode.
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.
Operating modes:
* When you select [
Å
Custom WB],
s
et the custom white balance with the fol-
lowing procedure before touching [
X
].
To set the custom white balance
Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen,
and touch [Set WB].
When the adjustment is completed,
Å
stops flashing and disappears.
The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
SCN
>
[
Ä
White Balance]
>
Desired option*
>
[
X
]
COP
Y
