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Touch [MANUAL].

Adjust the exposure by touching

/.

Touch .

appears.

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

•You can also adjust the setting using the CAM CTRL dial (p. 61).

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 adjusted to be appropriate for the following recording conditions:

–Outdoors

–Night views, neon signs and fireworks

–Sunrise or sunset

–Under daylight fluorescent lamps

INDOOR ()

The white balance is adjusted to be appropriate for the following recording conditions:

–Indoors

–At party scenes or studios where the lighting conditions change quickly

–Under the video lamps of those at a studio, or under sodium lamps or incandescent-like color 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.

 

 

• Keep framing a white object 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

Using

while [AUTO] is selected, or you bring your

camcorder outdoors from inside the house

 

while using fixed exposure, select [AUTO] and

the

aim your camcorder at a nearby white object

for about 10 seconds for better color balance

Menu

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.

 

• To adjust the white balance under white or cool

 

white fluorescent lamps, set [WHITE BAL.] to

 

[AUTO], or follow the procedure when using

 

[ONE PUSH].

 

• 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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