36 EN | FEATURES FOR RECORDING |
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| Backlight Compensation |
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| ● You cannot use the Spot Exposure Control at the | |||||
Backlight compensation brightens the subject |
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quickly. |
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| • “16:9” in “WIDE MODE” ( pg. 33) | ||||||||
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| • “STROBE” in EFFECT ( pg. 38) | |||||||||
With simple operation, backlight compensation |
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| • Digital Zoom ( pg. 20) | ||||||||||||||
feature brightens the dark subject portion by |
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| ● Depending on the shooting location and condition, | |||||||||||||||
increasing the exposure. |
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| optimum result may not be attained. | |||||||||
1 Set the Power Switch to “REC”. |
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2 Press BACKLIGHT so that the Backlight |
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| White Balance Adjustment | |||||||||||||
Compensation indicator “ |
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| The white balance refers to the correctness of | |||||||||||||
To cancel Backlight Compensation |
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| color reproduction under various lighting. If the | ||||||||||||||
Press BACKLIGHT twice so that the “ |
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| white balance is correct, all other colors will be | ||||||||||||||
indicator disappears. |
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| accurately reproduced. | ||||||||||
NOTE: |
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| The white balance is usually adjusted | ||||||||||
Using Backlight Compensation may cause the light |
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around the subject to become too bright and the |
| camcorder operators control this function | ||||||||||||||
subject to become white. |
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| manually to achieve a more professional color/ | |||||||||
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| Spot Exposure Control |
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| tint reproduction. | |||||||||||
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| To change the setting | ||||||||||||
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| Set “W. BALANCE” to the desired mode. | |||||
Selection of a spot metering area enables more | ||||||||||||||||
| ( pg. 29) | |||||||||||||||
precise exposure compensation. You can select |
| ● The selected mode indicator except “AUTO” | ||||||||||||||
one of the three metering areas on the LCD |
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monitor/viewfinder. |
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| [AUTO]: White balance is adjusted | |||||||||
1 Set the Power Switch to “REC”. |
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| MWB: Adjust the white balance manually | ||||||||||
2 Set the recording mode to “M”. ( pg. 15) |
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3 Press BACKLIGHT twice so that the Spot |
| when shooting under various types of lighting. | ||||||||||||||
| (“Manual White Balance Adjustment” | |||||||||||||||
Exposure Control indicator “ |
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| ( pg. 37)) | |||||||||||
● A spot metering area frame appears at the |
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| FINE: Outdoors on a sunny day. | ||||||||||
| center of the LCD monitor/viewfinder. |
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| CLOUD: Outdoors on a cloudy day. | |||||||||
4 Press 2 or 1 to select the desired spot |
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metering area frame. |
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| To return to automatic white balance | |||||||||
5 Press SET. |
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| Set “W. BALANCE” to “AUTO”. ( pg. 29) | ||||||||||
● Spot Exposure Control is engaged. |
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● Exposure is adjusted to make the brightness of |
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| the selected area most appropriate. |
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To lock the iris |
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After step 4, press and hold SET over 2 |
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seconds. The “ ” indication appears and the iris |
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is locked. |
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To cancel Spot Exposure Control |
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Press BACKLIGHT once so that the “ | ” |
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indicator disappears. |
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