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windows that comes in between the
camcorder and the subject.
PORTRAIT (Soft portrait) (
)
Select to bring out the subject such as
people or flowers while creating a soft
background.
SPOTLIGHT
**
(
)
Select to prevent people’s faces from
appearing excessively white when subjects
are lit by strong light.
BEACH
**
(
)
Select to take the vivid blue of the ocean or
a lake.
SNOW
**
(
)
Select to take bright pictures of a white
landscape.
b
Notes
• If you set [SCENE SELECTION], [WHITE
BAL.] setting is canceled.
• If you switch to movie recording after shooting
still images with [TWILIGHT PORT.], movies
are recorded with [AUTO].
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
B
AUTO
The white balance is adjusted
automatically.
OUTDOOR (
)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (
n
)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the lighting
conditions change quickly
– Under video lamps in a studio, or under
sodium lamps or incandescent-like color
lamps
ONE PUSH (
)
The white balance will be adjusted
according to the ambient light.
1
Touch [ONE PUSH].
2
Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot
the subject.
3
Touch [
].
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops
flashing.
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Notes
• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or adjust the
color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white
fluorescent lamps.
• When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing
white objects while
is flashing quickly.
*
Adjusted to focus on subjects farther away
only.
**
Adjusted not to focus on subjects a short
distance away.
WHITE BAL. (White
balance)
