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Top page > Customizing your camcorder > Camera/Mic > White Balance
White Balance
You can adjust the color balance to the recording environment.
1.
[Camera/Mic] 
[
Manual Settings] 
[White Balance].
2.Select the desired setting.
(Auto)
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
If you have changed the battery pack while [Auto] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment.
(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
(One Push)
The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light. 
Select [
].
Keep framing white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the screen under the same lightning conditions as you will shoot the subject.
Select [
].
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.
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