Advanced Settings

White Balance

Auto White Balance (“AWB”) automatically

1

maintains optimum color balance in most

lighting conditions. However, when using

2

Digital Functions, etc., you may get better

results by using the manual adjustment.

 

3, 4, A, B

3

JOG KEY

 

Set POWER to CAMERA.

Hold down AUTO/MANUAL for more than 0.7 second so that the “MNL” indication appears in the EVF or the LCD monitor.

Press JOG KEY repeatedly until “AWB” appears in the EVF or LCD monitor.

1POWER

2AUTO/MANUAL

4 Rotate JOG KEY to select other modes. (See mode chart at left.)

Hold down AUTO/MANUAL for more than 0.7 second to cancel the setting.

Mode

Description

 

Automatically maintains optimum

AWB

color balance in most lighting

 

conditions.

 

When the source illumination is a

 

halogen lamp.

 

When shooting outdoors on a

 

sunny day.

*The White Balance setting that was previously set manually.

Note

When ZOOM is set to 10X or higher, White Balance cannot be adjusted.

*For manual White Balance adjustment:

A. Rotate JOG KEY to select “” .

B. Point the Palmcorder at a white object (full-screen) and hold JOG KEY down until “” indication stops flashing.

If “” indication flashes when the

Palmcorder is turned on, the previous manual White Balance setting is in effect.

In the following cases, the “” indication flashes:

The flashing indicates that the previouly adjusted White Balance setting is still kept. This setting will be kept until White Balance is adjusted again.

Correct White Balance may not be attainable manually in poor lighting.

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Forassistance, pleasecall: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)orsende-mailto:consumerproducts@panasonic.com

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Panasonic PV-DV52 Advanced Settings, For manual White Balance adjustment, Following cases, the indication flashes

PV-DV52 specifications

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