• During focus lock, press @ and
push the joystick
(.)
toward
[FOGUS] again
to
return the
camcorder
to
autofocus.
Infinity
Focus
Use this function when you wish
to
focus on faraway subjects such as
mountains
or
fireworks.
Instead
of
step 2
in
the previous
procedure:
Push the joystick
(.)
toward
[FOCUS] and hold it for more than 2
seconds.
•
00
appears.
• Push the joystick
(.)
toward
[FOGUS] again
to
return the
camcorder
to
autofocus.
• If you operate the zoom
or
joystick
(
....
~),
00
changes
to
"MF"
and the
camcorder returns
to
manual focus.
White
Balance
The white balance function helps you
to
accurately reproduce colors under
different lighting conditions so that white
objects will always look truly white
in
your recordings.
(OJ 21)
6fPOINTS
TO
CHECK
Use
the
custom
white
balance
setting
to
make
white
subjects
appear
white
under
colored
lighting.
[FUNC.]
E)
[AWIl
AUTO] C Desired option* E)
['"=FU:-:-:NC-;-:
C
:o-1.]
* When you select
[",
.•
.<1
SET],
do
not press
[FDNCJ
and continue instead with the
following procedure.
I
To
SET
THE
CUSTOM
WHITE
BALANCE
I
1 Point the camcorder at a white
object, zoom
in
until it fills the
whole screen and press
@.
When the adjustment is completed,
b.
•
.,d
stops flashing and stays on.
2 Press [FUNC.] to save the setting
and close the menu.
The camcorder retains the custom
setting even if you turn off the
camcorder.
CD
NOTES
I
The
camcorder
automatically
sets
the
white
balance
for
natural
looking
colors.
Mode switch: [fJ (except for the Special
Scene recording programs).
Options
• Default
value
•
When
you
select
the
custom
white
balance:
- Set the custom white balance
in
a
sufficiently illuminated place.
- Select a zoom type other than
[EMiI!!
DIGITAL]
(aJ
30).
- Reset the white balance when the
lighting conditions change.
- Depending
on
the light source,
b.
•
.,d
may
keep flashing.
The
result will still
be
better than with
[AWB
AUTO].
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