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.

In the standby or recording mode, select the desired white balance mode in the MENU settings. (p. 72)

The selected white balance indicator appears.

AUTO (Automatic white balance mode) : no indication

HOLD (Hold mode) : HOLD

OUTDOOR (Outdoor mode) :

INDOOR (Indoor mode) : n

MENU

Operations Recording Advanced

To return to the automatic white balance mode

Set WHT BAL to AUTO in the MENU settings.

Cases that you can obtain better results by adjusting the white balance manually

Examples of picture-taking

White balance

conditions

indicator

• If the lighting conditions, like those at a party, are changing.

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

•If the subject is being lit by sodium- or mercury-vapor lamps.

•At night-time with neon or fireworks in the picture

•At sunrise or sunset

•Under daytime-fluorescent light

• If the subject or background is all the same color.

HOLD

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

We recommend you to record in the indoor mode.

When you record under fluorescent lighting Use the automatic white balance or hold mode.

Your camcorder may not adjust the white balance correctly in the indoor mode.

To record when lighting conditions change

•When you move from indoors to outdoors, or vice versa, or detach the battery for replacement while recording in the automatic white balance mode, point your camcorder at a white subject for about 10 seconds after setting the POWER switch to

CAMERA.

•When you move from indoors to outdoors, or vice versa, or change the PROGRAM AE mode while recording in the hold mode, set the white balance to AUTO and reset to HOLD after few seconds.

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