EXPOSURE

You can fix the brightness of a picture manually. When recording indoors on a clear day, for instance, you can avoid backlight shadows on people next to the window by fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of the room.

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Touch [MANUAL].

Adjust the exposure by touching

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Touch .

appears.

To return the setting to automatic exposure, touch [AUTO].

•You can adjust [EXPOSURE] and [FADER] while using the viewfinder by having the LCD panel rotated 180 degrees and closed with the screen facing out (p. 48).

WHITE BAL. (White balance)

You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment.

AUTO

The white balance is adjusted automatically.

OUTDOOR ( )

The white balance is set to be appropriate for shooting outdoors or under daylight fluorescent light.

INDOOR ()

The white balance is set to the brightness of warm white fluorescent lamps.

ONE PUSH ()

The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light.

Touch [ONE PUSH].

Frame a white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the screen under the same lighting conditions as you will shoot the subject.

Touch [].

flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in the memory, the indicator stops flashing.

•Do not shake your camcorder while is flashing quickly.

• flashes slowly if white balance could not be set.

•If keeps flashing even after you

have touched , set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO].

•When you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] is selected, or you bring your camcorder outdoors from inside the house while using fixed exposure, select [AUTO] and aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment.

•Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure if you change the [PROGRAM AE] settings, or bring your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa.

•Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.

•The setting returns to [AUTO] when you have the power source disconnected from your camcorder for more than 5 minutes.

SHARPNESS

You can adjust the sharpness of the image

outline with /. appears when the sharpness is anything other than the default setting.

Soften Sharpen

AUTO SHUTTER

Automatically activates the electronic shutter to adjust the shutter speed when recording in bright conditions if you set it to [ON] (the default setting).

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