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* Your camcorder is adjusted to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance.
**Your camcorder is adjusted to focus only on distant subjects.
SPOT METER
See page 33 for details.
EXPOSURE
See page 33 for details.
WHITE BAL.
You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment.
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• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you disconnect the power source from your camcorder
for more than 5 minutes.
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Tips
• For better color balance adjustment when [WHITE BAL.] is set to [AUTO], aim your
camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds after setting the POWER switch
to CAMERA-TAPE when:
– You remove the battery pack for replacement.
– You bring your camcorder outdoors from inside the house while using fixed exposure, or
bring your camcorder in from outside.
• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] and reset it to [HOLD] after few seconds when:
– You changed the [PROGRAM AE] settings when [WHITE BAL.] is set to [HOLD].
– You brought your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa.
• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [HOLD] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.
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AUTO
Select when you want to record with the white balance adjusted
automatically.
HOLD (
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Select when recording a single-colored subject or background.
OUTDOOR (
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• Select when recording a sunset/sunrise, general night views, neon
signs, or fireworks.
• Select when under daylight fluorescent lamps.
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• Select when recording at a party or in studios where lighting
conditions change quickly.
• Select when under video lamps such as those in a studio, under
sodium lamps, mercury lamps or warm white fluorescent lamps.
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