36 Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color 
White Balance
The white balance function helps you accurately reproduce colors under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look truly white in your recordings.
POINTS TO CHECK |
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Mode switch: |
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Options | Default value |
[ 
AUTO]
Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor scenes.
[ 
DAYLIGHT]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[
TUNGSTEN]
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type
[ 
SET]
Use the custom white balance for special situations not covered by the other options. The custom white balance will ensure that white subjects appear white under various lighting conditions.
FUNC.
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FUNC. | Icon of the currently selected | |
White Balance | ||
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FUNC. 
Desired option*
TO SET THE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE
1Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press ( 
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When the adjustment is completed,
stops flashing and stays on. The camcorder retains the custom setting even if you turn off the camcorder.
2Press FUNC. to save the setting and close the menu.
NOTES
When you select the custom white balance [ 
SET]:
-Make the white balance adjustment in a place with sufficient light.
-Set [D.ZOOM] to [ 
OFF] (
28).
-Readjust the white balance if the lighting conditions change.
-Very rarely and depending on the light source,
may keep on flashing instead of staying on. Even in that case, the white balance would be properly adjusted and the results should be
better than with [ 
AUTO].
Custom white balance may provide better results in the following cases:
-Changing lighting conditions
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-Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)
-Under mercury lamps and certain types of fluorescent lights
*When you select [ 
SET], do not press FUNC. and continue instead with the
procedure below.