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•Face detection cannot be used when the shutter speed used is slower

than 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to [ PF24]) or when the digital zoom is activated at more than 60x zoom (dark blue area on the zoom bar).

•When face detection is activated, the slowest shutter speed used by the

camcorder is 1/30 (1/24 if the frame rate is set to [ PF24]).

White Balance

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

Operating modes:

POINTS TO CHECK

•Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro- grams.

Options ( Default value)

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

[ Daylight] To record outdoors on a bright day. [ Shade] To record in shaded places.

[ Cloudy] To record on a cloudy day.

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

[Fluorescent] To record under warm white, cool white or warm- white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[Fluorescent H] To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

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

FUNC. [ Automatic] Desired option* FUNC.

*When you select [ Custom WB], do not press FUNC. and continue instead with the following procedure.

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