Setting
the
White
Balance
You can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately,
or
set a custom white
balance to obtain the optimal setting.
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AUTO
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DAYLIGHT
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TUNGSTEN
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Zoom
Joystick
FUNC. button
Mode switch
Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
White sheet
or
paper
(if you select
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SET)
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Available only in the
(CAMERA-@§J)
and
(CAMERA-Od)
modes.
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1.
Set the mode switch to
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2.
Press the FUNC. button to open the FUNC. menu.
3.
With the joystick select (
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the white balance icon.
4.
Select (
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) the white balance setting from the options
on
the bottom
bar.
If you select a white balance setting other than
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[SET], continue directly to step
6.
To
set the custom white balance when you select
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[SET]:
5.
Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom
in
until it fills the whole
screen and press
(~).
• Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 6 is completed.
• "c:::".-Lj" flashes and stops flashing when the adjustment is completed.
6.
Press the FUNC. button to save the setting and close the menu.