White balance

The white balance setting adjusts the colour balance according to the lighting conditions.

Auto

Adjust the colour balance automatically to the lighting conditions.

Incandescent

Adjusts the colour balance for warm lighting conditions, such as under light bulbs.

Fluorescent

Adjust the colour balance for fluorescent lighting.

Daylight

Adjust the colour balance for sunny outdoor conditions.

Cloudy

Adjust the colour balance for a cloudy sky.

Metering

This function automatically determines a well-balanced exposure by measuring the amount of light striking the image that you want to capture.

Center

Adjust the exposure to the centre of the image.

Average

Calculate the exposure based on the amount of light striking the whole image.

Spot

Adjust the exposure in a very small part of the image that you want to capture.

Geotagging

Tag videoss with details of where you took them.

On

When geotagging is turned on, the approximate geographical location is added to videos when you take them. To use geotagging, you must enable location features from the Settings menu. For geotags to be added to a video, the location must be determined before you take the video. Your location is determined when appears on the camera screen. When your device is searching for

your position, appears.

Off

When geotagging is turned off, you cannot view the location where you took a video.

Microphone

Select whether to pick up the surrounding sound when recording videos.

Capturing method

Select the method you use to record a video.

On-screen button

Record a video by using the on-screen button on the camera screen.

Touch capture

Identify a particular focus area by touching the camera screen with your finger.

Camera key only

Record a video by using only the hardware camera key.

Shutter sound

Choose to turn on or turn off the shutter sound when you record a video.

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Sony 1261-4445 Microphone, Tag videoss with details of where you took them, Select the method you use to record a video