Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
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Fast Moving Subjects
Through dirty or wet windows
Night Scenes
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch:
1
Adjust the zoom.
2
Press ( )
.
“MF” appears.
3
Adjust (
) the focus as required
until the image appears focused.
Pressing
( )
again will return
to autofocus.
NOTES
The camcorder will automatically return to
autofocus when you set the mode switch to
.
Readjust the focus when you have turned off
the camcorder.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to focus
on faraway subjects such as mountains or
fireworks.
Mode switch:
1
Adjust the zoom.
2
Keep ( )
pressed down for
more than 2 seconds.
•
appears.
• Pressing ( )
again will
return to autofocus.
NOTES
If you operate the zoom or the multi selector
(
) during infinity focus,
changes to
“MF” and the camcorder returns to manual
focusing mode.
White Balance
You can choose one of the preset settings
or set a custom white balance to obtain
the setting best suited to your specific
recording conditions.
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch:
Options
Default value
(
13)
(
13)
FOCUS
FOCUS
(
13)
[
AUTO]
Settings are automatically set by the
camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor
scenes.
[
DAYLIGHT]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[
SHADE]
For recording in shaded places.
[
CLOUDY]
For recording on a cloudy day.
[
TUNGSTEN]
For recording under tungsten and tungsten
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
FOCUS
FOCUS
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