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AUTO
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
OUTDOOR ( )
The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording
conditions:
Outdoors
Night views, neon signs and fireworks
Sunrise or sunset
Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (
)
The white balance is appropriately adjusted 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.
Touch [ONE PUSH].
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.
Touch [
].
flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
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.
flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set.
When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if
keeps flashing after touching
, set [WHITE BAL.] to
[AUTO].
If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE SELECTION] is set to [AUTO].
Tips
If you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after
inside use (or vice versa), select [AUTO] and aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10
seconds for better color balance adjustment.
When the white balance has been set with [ONE PUSH], if the lighting conditions changed by bringing
your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [ONE PUSH]
procedure to readjust the white balance.
SPOT MTR/FCS (Spot meter/focus)
You can adjust the brightness and focus for the selected subject simultaneously. This function
enables you to use [SPOT METER] (p. 68) and [SPOT FOCUS] (p. 68) at the same time.
