Sony HVR-S270P, HVR-S270E Color, Indoor, TEMP]), 6500K), Outdoor, sunrise, Indicator, ([MANU WB, (Memory A), (Memory B), B” (p. 35), ([INDOOR]), ([OUTDOOR]), temperature, a party hall

3 Set the WHT BAL switch D to any one of PRST/A/B.

Select A or B for recording with the white balance setting stored in memory A or B. Select PRST for recording with the white balance setting set in [OUTDOOR], [INDOOR] or [MANU WB TEMP], which you have selected in

[WB PRESET] of the (CAMERA SET) menu.

Indicator	Shooting conditions
A	• White balance values
(Memory A)	adjusted for light

Bsources can be stored

(Memory B)	in memory A and
	memory B. Follow the
	steps in “To save the
	adjusted white balance
	value in memory A or
	B” (p. 35).
	• Recording sunset/
Outdoor	sunrise, just after
	sunset or just before
([OUTDOOR])
	sunrise

•Recording neon signs or fireworks

•Under daylight color fluorescent lamps

n• Under the lighting

Indoor	conditions that change
([INDOOR])	in many ways, such as
	a party hall
	• Under strong light
	such as in a
	photography studio
	• Under sodium lamps
	or mercury lamps
Color	• Color temperature can
temperature	be set between 2300K
([MANU WB	and 15000K (the
TEMP])	default setting is
	6500K).

zTips

•You can change the outdoor white balance

setting by setting offset. Push the WHT/BLK switch A to WHT and turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial E to select an offset value from

-7 (bluish) to 0 (normal, the default setting) to +7 (reddish). Press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial

E to set the value. You can also set the white balance offset value from the menu

([WB OUTDR LVL] p. 67).•You can change the color temperature when you

set [WB PRESET] to [MANU WB TEMP] and the WHT BAL switch D to PRST. Push the WHT/BLK switch A to WHT. Turn the SEL/ PUSH EXEC dial E until the desired temperature appears on the screen, then press the dial to set the temperature. You can also set the color temperature from the menu ([WB TEMP SET] p. 68).

To save the adjusted white balance	Recording/Playback
value in memory A or B
1 Set the WHT BAL switch D to A (
A) or B ( B) in step 3 of “Adjusting

to natural color (White balance).”

2 Capture a white subject, such as white paper, full-screen in the same lighting condition as the one in which the subject is.

3Push the WHT/BLK switch A to WHT.

A or B starts flashing rapidly. It will stay on when the white balance adjustment is completed and the adjusted value is stored in A or B.

To adjust the white balance automatically

Set the ATW switch B to ON or the CAMERA MODE switch C to AUTO. The lamp above the ATW switch B turns on when you set the ATW switch B to ON. The lamps above the respective switches will turn on when you set the CAMERA MODE switch C to AUTO.

bNotes

•When you set the CAMERA MODE switch C to AUTO, other manual adjustments (iris, gain, and shutter speed) also become automatic.

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