4Push the joystick () toward [BACK] to lock and save the exposure setting.

If you operate the zoom during exposure lock, the brightness of the image may change.

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.

 

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POINTS TO CHECK

 

Recording program: [

PR GRAM AE]

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.

[ TUNGSTEN]

For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[ SET]

Use the custom white balance setting to make white objects appear white under colored lighting.

FUNC.

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FUNC.

[ AUTO] Desired option*

FUNC.

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

TO SET THE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE

1oint the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the

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

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

NOTES

When you select the custom white balance:

-Set the custom white balance in a sufficiently illuminated place.

-Select a zoom type other than

[ DIGITAL] ( 33).

-Reset the white balance when the lighting conditions change.

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

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)

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