54Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color

Press MAGNIFY .

•The image at the center of the screen is magnified 1.8 times and “MAGN.” appears in yellow.

•This will not affect the recordings on the tape.

TO RECORD THE MAGNIFIED IMAGE

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1Set [MAGN.REC] to [ ON] ( 46).

2Press MAGNIFY .

The image at the center of the screen is magnified 1.8 times and “MAGN.REC” appears in red.

3 Press START/STOP to start recording.

NOTES

This function can also be activated with the CUSTOM key ( 61).

You can also apply the peaking function (without the magnification) by setting

[ASST.FUNC.] to [ PEAKING] ( 45).

White Balance

The white balance function helps you accurately reproduce colors under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look truly white in your recordings.

POINTS TO CHECK

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Mode switch: (except for the Special Scene recording programs)

Options

 Default value

[ AUTO]

Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor scenes.

[ 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 (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[ FLUORESCENT]

For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[ FLUORESCENT H]

For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[ SET]

Use the custom white balance for special situations not covered by the other options. The custom white balance will ensure that white subjects appear white under various lighting conditions.

FUNC.

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FUNC.

Icon of the currently selected

White Balance

 

FUNC. Desired option*

*When you select [ SET], do not press FUNC. and continue instead with the

procedure below.