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M.W.B.
MWB
No indication 
(Auto) MWB
Manual White Balance Adjustment(M.W.B.)
This camcorder’s Automatic Colour Temperature system
senses the colour temperature of the ambient lighting for
automatic white balance adjustment. However, precise
colour adjustment is not possible under the following
conditions:
•When an object is in various shades of the same colour.
•When a predominantly red or brown object is being
shot outdoors.
In these cases, use the camcorder’s built-in preset filters
for white balance adjustment.
SELECT MODE
1
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
except AUTO LOCK.
SELECT FUNCTION
2
Press SEL. repeatedly until “ M.W.B.” appears.

SELECT WHITE BALANCE

3
Press SET (Manual White Balance) until the
required indication appears in the LCD monitor or
the viewfinder.
“MWB” ....With a memorized personal White
Balance setting (see below)
“ ” .........Outdoors on sunny day
“” ........Outdoors on cloudy day
“” ......... Light source is halogen or tungsten lamp

MWB

MWB sets the colour temperature for the subject’s light
source so you can shoot with natural colours that are
unaffected by surroundings, even when there are
multiple subjects with different colour temperatures.
SELECT MODE
1
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
except AUTO LOCK.

ADJUST FOCUS

2
Point the camcorder at a white, flat object such as a
sheet of white paper, and adjust focus manually
(Z pg. 23).

ADJUST WHITE BALANCE

3
Press SET until “MWB” appears, then press and hold
SET for more than 3 seconds.
•“MWB” blinks in the LCD monitor or the view-
finder during adjustment, then stops blinking but
stays lit when adjustment is complete.
NOTES:
●
To switch to automatic white balance
adjustment, press SET until the indication
disappears, or turn the PROGRAM AE select
dial to “AUTO LOCK”.
●
Re-adjust the White Balance when the
lighting has changed, when the camcorder
has been turned off and on again, or when
the PROGRAM AE select dial’s position has
been changed.
●
When adjusted by putting coloured paper in
front of the subject in step 2 (“ADJUST
FOCUS”), this unit makes its colour
temperature standard for automatic white
balance. So you can enjoy shooting with
different colours. For example, when
adjusting with red, blue or yellow colours,
the image becomes the colour which
aproximates to green, orange or purple
respectively.
●
Manual White Balance Adjustment is not
possible when the PROGRAM AE dial is set
to SEPIA (
Z
pg. 21).
PROGRAM AE
select dial
LCD monitor
or viewfinder
White balance
mode indicator
SET
SEL.