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 appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions:

OutdoorsNight views, neon signs and fireworksSunrise or sunsetUnder daylight fluorescent lampsINDOOR ()

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

IndoorsAt 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

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.

Notes

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 framingwhite object 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].

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

Tips

If you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), select [AUTO] and aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment.

When the white balance has been set with [ONE PUSH], if you change the [SCENE SELECTION] settings, or bring your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure to readjust the white balance.

COLOR SLOW SHTR (Color Slow Shutter)

When you set [COLOR SLOW SHTR] to [ON], appears, and you can record an image brighter in color even in dark places.

To cancel, touch [OFF].

Notes

Adjust the focus manually ([FOCUS], p. 79) when it is hard to focus automatically.

The shutter speed of your camcorder changes depending on the brightness, which may result in a slowdown of the motion of the image.

SUPER NIGHTSHOT

The image will be recorded at a maximum of 16 times the sensitivity of NightShot recording if you set [SUPER NIGHTSHOT] to [ON] while the NIGHTSHOT switch (p. 28) is also set to ON.

appears on the screen. To cancel, touch [OFF].

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