Notes

If you set [SCENE SELECTION], [WHITE BAL.] setting is canceled.

WHITE BAL. (White balance)

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

Steps

In recording mode, (OPTION) [WHITE BAL.] a desired setting

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AUTO

OUTDOOR ()

INDOOR ()

ONE PUSH ( )

Notes

The white balance is adjusted automatically.

The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions:

Outdoors

Night views, neon signs and fireworks

Sunrise or sunset

Under daylight fluorescent lamps

The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions:

Indoors

At party scenes or studios where the lighting conditions change quickly

Under video lamps in a studio, or under sodium lamps or incandescent- like color lamps

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.

Useful Recording Techniques

Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or adjust the color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.

When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing white objects while is flashing quickly.

flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set.

When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if keeps flashing after touching , set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO].

If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE SELECTION] is set to [AUTO].

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DCR-SR48, DCR-SR67 specifications

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