White Balance
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White Balance
The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting
conditions.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording programs.
1 Open the white balance screen.
[FUNC.]
>
[
Ä
White Balance]
2 Touch the desired option and then touch [
X
].
• When you select [
Â
Color Temperature], [
Æ
Set 1] or [
Ç
Set 2], set the color temperature or a
custom white balance with the appropriate procedure below before touching [
X
].
• The icon of the selected option will appear on the screen.
To set the color temperature ([
Â
Color Temperature])
Touch [
Ï
] or [
Ð
] to set the desired value.
• You can also drag your finger along the dial.
To set a custom white balance ([
Æ
Set 1] or [
Ç
Set 2])
1 Point the camcorder at a gray card or white object so it fills the entire screen.
2 Touch [Set WB].
• When the adjustment is completed,
Å
stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain
the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
Options
(
Default value)
NOTES
• When you select a custom white balance:
- Set [FUNC.]
>
[MENU]
>
p
>
[Digital Zoom] to [
j
Off].
- Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or other conditions change.
- Depending on the light source,
Å
may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with
[
Ã
Automatic].
Operating modes:
[
Ã
Automatic]
The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.
[
¼
Daylight]
To record outdoors on a bright day.
[
½
Shade]
To record in shaded places.
[
¾
Cloudy]
To record on a cloudy day.
[
¿
Fluorescent]
To record under warm white, cool white or warm-white-type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
[
À
Fluorescent H]
To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
É
Tungsten]
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
Â
Color Temperature]
Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.
[
Æ
Set 1], [
Ç
Set 2]
Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white
under colored lighting.
