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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Adjusting White Balance Manually
Under some light sources, automatic white balance under
the
“
Auto
”
setting can take a long time to complete. Also, the
auto white balance range (color temperature range) is lim-
ited. Manual white balance helps to ensure that colors are
recorded correctly for a particular light source.
Note that you must perform manual white balance under the
same conditions you will be shooting under. You must also
have a white piece of paper or other similar object on hand in
order to perform manual white balance.
1.
In step 3 of the proce-
dure under
“
Adjusting
the White Balance
”
,
select
“
Manual
”
.
•
This causes the object
you last used to adjust
manual white balance to
appear on the monitor
screen.
When shooting under these
conditions:
Normal conditions
Outdoor daylight
Shade
Incandescent light bulb
(reddish tinge)
Fluorescent light (greenish tinge)
Difficult lighting that requires manual
control (This page)
3.
Rock the controller up or down to select the
setting you want, and then click.
Select this setting:
Auto
Manual
NOTES
•
Selecting
“
Manual
”
changes white balance to the set-
tings achieved the last time a manual white balance
operation was performed.
•
You can use the key customization feature (page 51)
to configure the camera so the white balance setting
changes whenever you rock the controller left or right
while in the REC mode.
