When the adjustment is completed, stops flashing and stays on. The camcorder retains the custom setting even if you turn off the camcorder.

2 Press FUNC. to save the setting and close the menu.

Options ( Default value)

[ Automatic] The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.

[Daylight] To record outdoors on a bright day.

[Tungsten] To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[Custom WB] Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects appear white under colored lighting.

NOTES

•When you select the custom white balance:

-Set [Digital Zoom] to [ Off].

-Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or other conditions change.

-Depending on the light source, may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with [ Automatic].

•Custom white balance 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 and certain types of fluorescent lights

Image Effects

You can use the image effects to change the color saturation and contrast to record movies and photos with special color effects.

Operating modes:

POINTS TO CHECK

• Set the recording program to [ Programmed AE].

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