Setting the White Balance

The camcorder’s auto white balance system adjusts the colors to appear natural for

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different lighting conditions. However, you can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting.

Zoom lever

Program selector

White sheet or paper

Selector dial

MENU button

❍When the program selector is set to [, white balance is preset to [AUTO]. Indoor, outdoor and custom white balance cannot be selected.

❍The camcorder retains the setting even if you turn it off.

❍When you have set the custom white balance:

-Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.

-Turn off the digital zoom.

❍Setting the white balance manually may provide better results in the following cases:

-Changing lighting conditions

-Close-ups

-Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)

-Under mercury lamps or certain types of fluorescent lights

❍Use the T Indoor or U Outdoor mode in the following cases: T Indoor:

-Changing lighting condition

-Under video light

-Under sodium lamps

UOutdoor:

-For night scenes or fireworks

-Sunrise or sunset

* Use the auto setting for normal outdoor scenes.

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