Sony 2-887-515-14(1) Customizing the picture quality (Picture profile), Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)

Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)

The display changes. A t B

t(OUTDOOR) t n (INDOOR)

Indicator	Shooting conditions
A	• White balance values
(MEMORY A)	adjusted for light

Bsources can be stored

	(MEMORY B)	in memory A and
	(MEMORY B)	memory B. Follow the
		memory B. Follow the
		steps below

• Recording a sunset/

(Outdoor) sunrise, just after sunset, just before

sunrise, neon signs, or fireworks.

•Under daylight color fluorescent lamps

n• Under the lighting

(Indoor)	condition that changes
	quickly
	• Under strong light
	such as in a
	photography studio
	• Under sodium lamps
	or mercury lamps

zTip

•The white balance can be stored temporarily by setting the AUTO LOCK switch A to HOLD after the manual adjustment.

To save the adjusted white balance value in memory A or B

1Select A or B according to step 3 of “Adjusting to Natural Color (White Balance).”

2Shoot something white (such as a sheet of paper) full-screen under the same lighting conditions as the subject.

3Press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial C. Pressing the dial switches between

blinking A and B.

When the white balance is adjusted,

A or B stops blinking and remains on. The adjusted value is now saved in

the selected A or B memory.

To restore the automatic white balance

Press the WHT BAL button B, or set the AUTO LOCK switch A to AUTO LOCK.

bNotes

•If you set the AUTO LOCK switch A to AUTO LOCK, other manually adjusted items (iris, gain, shutter speed) also become temporarily automatic.

•The setting returns to automatic adjustment when you set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12 hours.

Customizing the picture quality (Picture profile)

C BA

You can customize the picture quality by adjusting [COLOR LEVEL], [SHARPNESS], etc. You can set 6 different picture quality settings depending on the recording time of day, the weather, or the camera person, and store them in the memory.

Connect your camcorder to a TV or monitor, and adjust the picture quality while observing the picture on the TV or monitor screen.

At the default setting, [PP1] through [PP6] are registered with picture quality settings for the following recording conditions.