To return to normal mode

Select [NORMAL] in step 6.

•You cannot use the flash in this mode.

•During shooting in this mode, the images are not displayed on the LCD screen. Compose the image before pressing the shutter button.

•The focus and white balance are adjusted for the first image, and these settings are also used for the other images.

•When the exposure is manually adjusted, the adjusted value is used for the center value.

•The recording interval is approximately

0.5 seconds (MVC-CD400) or 0.4 seconds (MVC-CD250).

•You cannot select a shutter speed slower than 1/30 second.

•For the number of images you can record in Exposure Bracket mode, see page 109.

Adjusting color tones

– White Balance

Mode dial: (/S/A/M)*/SCN/

Normally, when recording with automatic adjustments, the white balance is automatically set to AUTO and the overall color balance is adjusted according to the shooting conditions. However, when you shoot under fixed conditions or special lighting conditions, you can manually adjust the white balance.

* MVC-CD400 only

AUTO (no display)

Adjusts the white balance automatically

(Daylight)

Shooting outdoors, or shooting a sunrise/ sunset, night scene, neon signs, or fireworks

(Cloudy)

Shooting under a cloudy sky

(Fluorescent)

Shooting under fluorescent lighting

(Incandescent)

•Places where the lighting conditions change quickly

•Under bright lighting such as photography studios

•Under sodium or mercury lamps

ONE PUSH ( ) (MVC-CD400 only)

For adjusting the white balance depending on the light source

Control button

Mode dial

MENU

aSet the mode dial to , S*, A*, M*, SCN, or .

bPress MENU.

The menu appears.

cSelect [WB] (WHITE BAL) with b/B, then select the desired setting with v/V.

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