Adjusting the white balance manually

You can manually adjust and set the white balance. This adjustment makes white subjects look white and allows more natural color balance. Normally white balance is automatically adjusted.

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV50

only). Press MENU, then select WHT BAL in with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial (p. 200).

(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired white balance, then press dial.

HOLD :

Recording a single-colored subject or background

OUTDOOR :

•When recording a sunset/sunrise, just after sunset, just before sunrise, neon signs, or fireworks

•Under a color-matching fluorescent lamp

nINDOOR :

•Where lighting condition changes quickly

•Excessively bright places such as studios

•Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps

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MANUAL SET

STBY

 

P EFFECT

 

 

FLASH LVL

AUTO

 

WHT BAL

 

N.S. LIGHT

HOLD

 

AUTO SHTR

OUTDOOR

MENU

RETURN

INDOOR

 

 

 

[MENU] : END

 

To return to the automatic white balance

Set WHT BAL to AUTO in the menu settings.

If the picture is being taken in a studio lit by TV lighting

We recommend that you record in the INDOOR.

When you record under fluorescent lighting

Use the automatic white balance or HOLD.

Your camcorder may not adjust the white balance correctly in the INDOOR.

In the automatic white balance

Point your camcorder at a white subject for about 10 seconds after setting the POWER switch to CAMERA to get a better adjustment when:

–You detach the battery for replacement.

–You take your camcorder outdoors from inside a house holding the exposure, or vice versa.

 

In the HOLD white balance

 

Set the white balance to AUTO and reset to HOLD after a few seconds when:

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– You change the PROGRAM AE.

– You take your camcorder outdoors from inside a house, or vice versa.