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White Balance

You can adjust the color balance to the recording environment.

1. [Camera/Mic] [Manual Settings] [White Balance].

2.Select the desired setting.

(Auto)

The white balance is adjusted automatically.

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

(Outdoor)

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

Night views, neon signs and fireworks Sunrise or sunset

Under daylight fluorescent lamps

(Indoor)

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

At 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. Select [].

Keep framing white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the screen under the same lightning conditions as you will shoot the subject.

Select [].

If the lighting conditions changed by bringing your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [One Push] procedure to readjust the white balance.

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Sony PJ230E, PJ390E, PJ380E, PJ320E manual White Balance, Auto, Outdoor, Indoor, One Push