Setting the White Balance
You can choose one of the preset settings to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the setting best suited to your specific recording conditions.
AUTO | Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. |
DAYLIGHT | For recording outdoors on a bright day. |
SHADE | For recording in shaded places. |
CLOUDY | For recording on a cloudy day. |
TUNGSTEN | For recording under tungsten and tungsten type |
| fluorescent lighting. |
FLUORESECENT | For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white type |
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FLUORESCENT H | For recording under daylight or daylight type |
| fluorescent lighting. |
SET | Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects |
| appear white under colored lighting. |
White sheet or paper
(if you select 
SET)
Mode switch
Zoom lever
FUNC. button
Omni Selector
E |
Changing the FUNC. | Advanced Features |
Settings |
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AUTO
1.Set the camcorder to a recording mode ( 
and move the mode switch to 
.
2.Press the FUNC. button.
or 
)
3.First, select (
) the current white balance symbol from the left side
column and then select (
) the desired option from the bottom bar.
4.If you select the custom white balance [
SET]: Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press ( 
).
•Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 5 is completed.
•
flashes and stops flashing when the adjustment is complete.
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