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Using the Full Range of Features

Setting the white balance manually will probably work better than auto white balance when shooting:

Subjects with one dominant colour, such as sky, sea or forest

Close-ups

In rapidly changing lighting conditions

In places lit by certain types of fluorescent or mercury vapour lights

Notes:

•Turn the digital zoom off (if necessary) to set a more accurate white balance.

•If you have set the white balance and lighting conditions change, reset the white balance.

•Try to record with light from a single source. Correct white balance cannot be obtained for two types of lighting at once.

•You cannot set the white balance or choose the indoor/outdoor mode when the program selector is set to the [ (Easy Recording) program.

•The white balance returns to the AUTO setting when you slide the program selector to [ (Easy Recording).

•The camcorder retains the setting even if you turn the camcorder off.

•During normal outdoor shooting, setting to AUTO may provide better results.

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