Canon HF20, HF200 Manual Exposure Adjustment and Automatic Backlight Correction, Manual Exposure Adjustment, ( 34), Pressing, Exposure, Adjust the, 70 Š Video, POINTS TO CHECK

-Pressing START/STOP (when recording movies) or PHOTO fully (when recording photos).

-Setting the camcorder to standby mode.

-Changing the camcorder’s operating mode.

-Turning off the camcorder.

Manual Exposure Adjustment and Automatic Backlight Correction

At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or subjects under very strong lights may appear too bright or glaring (overex- posed). To correct this, you can manually adjust the exposure or use the automatic backlight correction.

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POINTS TO CHECK

• Select a recording program other than [ Fireworks].

Manual Exposure Adjustment

1 Open ( ) the joystick guide.

Exposure

2 Select ( ) [ Exposure] and press

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•The current exposure is locked.

•The exposure adjustment indicator

and the neutral value “±0” appear on the screen.

•The adjustment range and the length of the exposure adjustment indicator will vary depending on the initial brightness of the picture.

•If you operate the zoom, the brightness of the image may change.

3Adjust the ( ) the brightness of the image as required, then hide ( ) the joystick guide.

•The exposure adjustment indicator will change to white and the selected exposure will be locked.

•During exposure lock, press twice to return the camcorder to automatic exposure.

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