Hitachi DZMV350A instruction manual Adjusting Color White Balance, Setting white balance manually

ADJUSTING COLOR (WHITE BALANCE)

This DVD video camera/recorder automatically adjusts the tint to match the conditions of subject. However, it may not allow user to deliver natural tint, depending on the weather or status of light source. In this case, change the white balance setting according to the situation.

Mode	Setting content	On-screen
		display
Auto	White balance always	None
	automatically adjusted
Set	You can manually adjust
	white balance to match	!
	the light source or
	situation
Outdoor	To record in fine weather	"
Indoor 1	To record under
	incandescent light,
	halogen light or bulb-	#
	color type fluorescent
	light
Indoor 2	To record under	$
	fluorescent light

●Setting white balance manually

1 Point the DVD video
camera/recorderata
white object so that it
fills the screen. Use
an object that is not
transparent.
If the object that fills	White shirt or thick paper
the screen is not
focused, correct the
focus using “Manual
Focus”, P. 57.

2 Press the MENU	Camer a	Func t i ons	S e t u p
button, choose “White
	P r og r am AE
Bal.”, “Set”, and then	Wh i t e Ba l .		Au t o
press the ￿button.	E I S		Set
	D i g . Zoom		Ou t do o r
	M IC . F i l t e r		I ndoor 1
			I ndoor 2
	ENTER	RETURN	RAM

3 Press the ￿button: The “!“ indicator will

1 Press the MENU button, choose “White Bal.” on the “Camera Functions Setup” menu screen, and then press the ￿ button.

Camer a	Func t i ons	S e t u p
P r og r am AE
Wh i t e Ba l .		Au t o
E I S		Set
D i g . Zoom		Ou t do o r
M IC . F i l t e r		I ndoor 1
		I ndoor 2
ENTER	RETURN	RAM

change from blinking to a steady light: The steady light indicates that the white balance setting is complete.

4 Press the ￿button to end

2 Choose the desired
option, and then press the		0 : 0 0 : 0 0
￿button.		REM3 0 MIN
	FINE	8 : 0 0 AM
		9 / 3 0 / 2 0 0 3

the setting.	0 : 0 0 : 0 0
	REM3 0 MIN
FINE	8 : 0 0 AM
	9 / 3 0 / 2 0 0 3

White balance mode

3 Press the MENU button to end the setting.

Note:

•The white balance mode can be confirmed using the on- screen information.

•The white balance setting will be stored in memory even when the DVD video camera/recorder is turned off.

•If “Input Source: LINE” has been specified, you cannot use the “Set” mode of white balance (P. 88).

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