Sony HC7, HDR-HC5 FOCUS, SPOT FOCUS, CAMERA COLOR, WB SHIFT (White Balance Shift)

CAMERA SET menu (Continued)

zTips

•Touch if the subject is white or the

backlight is bright, or touch if the subject is black or the light is dim.

•You can adjust the automatic exposure level to brighter or darker when [EXPOSURE] is set to [AUTO].

•For HDR-HC7:

You can also adjust the setting manually using the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).

CAMERA COLOR

You can adjust the color intensity with

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

Decreases color	Increases color
intensity	intensity

WB SHIFT (White Balance Shift)

You can adjust the white balance to the

desired setting using / .

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

zTips

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

•For HDR-HC7:

You can also adjust the setting manually using the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).

SPOT FOCUS

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

1

2

1Touch the subject on the screen. 9 appears.

2Touch [END].

To adjust the focus automatically, touch [AUTO] t [END] in step 1.

bNotes

•If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is automatically set to [MANUAL].

FOCUS

You can adjust the focus manually. You can select this function also when you want to focus on a certain subject intentionally.

1Touch [MANUAL].

9appears.

2Touch (focusing on close subjects)/

(focusing on distant subjects) to sharpen the focus. appears when the focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and appears when the focus cannot be adjusted farther away.

3Touch .

To adjust the focus automatically, touch

[AUTO] t in step 1.

bNotes

•The minimum possible distance between camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for telephoto.

zTips

•It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to adjust the zoom for recording. When you want to record a subject at close range, move the power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then adjust the focus.

•For HDR-HC7:

You can also adjust the focus manually using the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).

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