
Setting a Custom White Balance
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1.Press the WHITE BALANCE dial so that it pops out.
2.Set the WHITE BALANCE dial to 1, 2 or 3.
3.Point the camcorder at a white object and zoom in until it fills the whole screen.
Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 4 is completed.
4.Press the WHITE BALANCE W button.
”W“ flashes and stops flashing when setting is complete.
❍The camcorder retains the custom white balance setting even if you turn it off.
❍ When you have set the custom white balance:
-Depending on the light source, “W” may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with the auto setting.
-When you have turned on/off the
❍Custom white balance may provide better results in the following cases:
-Changing lighting conditions
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-Subjects in a single colour (sky, sea or forest)
-Under mercury lamps or certain types of fluorescent lights
Recording with Preset Custom White Balance
1.Set the POWER dial to a recording program other than [.
2.Turn the WHITE BALANCE dial to select a preset number.
The preset custom white balance is activated.
The custom preset settings [R GAIN], [G GAIN] and [B GAIN] ( 65) will override the white balance setting set with above procedure.
Recording
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