CAMERA SET menu (Continued)

•For example, if you select 1/100 second, [100] appears on the screen.

•When shooting a bright subject, setting the shutter speed to a faster value is recommended.

•At a slow shutter speed, automatic focus may be lost. Use a tripod and adjust the focus manually.

•When recording under a discharge tube such as a fluorescent lamp, sodium lamp or mercury lamp, horizontal bands may appear in the screen or color discrepancies may occur depending on the shutter speed.

•The setting you have made will return to the default setting if you set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12 hours.

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).

AE SHIFT

When the exposure (p. 24) is set automatically, you can adjust the exposure

using (dark)/(bright). and the setting value appear when [AE SHIFT] is anything other than the default setting.

CAMERA COLOR

You can adjust the color intensity with

/. appears when [CAMERA COLOR] is anything other than the default setting.

Decreases

 

Increases

 

color intensity

 

color intensity

WB SHIFT (White Balance Shift)

You can adjust the white balance to the

desired setting using /. and the setting value are displayed

when [WB SHIFT] is anything other than the default setting.

•When the white balance is set to a lower value, pictures appear bluish, and when set to a higher value, pictures appear reddish.

SPOT FOCUS

You can select and adjust the focal point to aim it at a subject not located in the center of the screen.

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Set the FOCUS/ZOOM switch to MANUAL (p. 24).

Touch the subject on the screen. Touch [END].

To adjust the focus automatically, set the FOCUS/ZOOM switch to AUTO.

FLASH SET

FLASH LEVEL

HIGH( )

Makes the flash level higher.

NORMAL( )

LOW( )

Makes the flash level lower.

REDEYE REDUC

You can prevent redeye by activating the flash before recording.

Set [REDEYE REDUC] to [ON], then press (flash) (p. 26) repeatedly to select a setting.

(Auto redeye reduction): Pre-flashes to reduce redeye before the flash automatically flashes when there is insufficient ambient light.

(Forced redeye reduction): Always uses the flash and the redeye reducing pre-flash.

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