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Manual White Balance Adjustment (M.W.B.)
This camcorder’s Automatic Colour Temperature system senses
the colour temperature of the ambient lighting for automatic
white balance adjustment. However, precise colour adjust-
ment is not possible under the following conditions:
• When an object is in various shades of the same colour.
• When a predominantly red or brown object is being shot
outdoors.
In these cases, use the camcorder’s built-in preset filters for
white balance adjustment.
SELECT MODE
1
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
except AUTO LOCK.
SELECT FUNCTION
2
Press SELECT reapeatedly until "
M.W.B.
" appears.
SELECT WHITE BALANCE
3
Press SET (Manual White Balance) until the
required indication appears in the viewfinder.
“MWB” ..... With a memorized personal White Balance
setting (see below)
“
” ......... Outdoors on sunny day
“
”......... Outdoors on cloudy day
“
” .......... Light source is halogen or tungsten lamp
MWB sets the colour temperature for the subject’s light
source so you can shoot with natural colours that are
unaffected by surroundings, even when there are multiple
subjects with different colour temperatures.
MWB
SELECT MODE
1
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position
except AUTO LOCK.
ADJUST FOCUS
2
Point the camcorder at a white, flat object such as a
sheet of white paper, and adjust focus manually
(
Z
pg. 21).
ADJUST WHITE BALANCE
3
Press SET until “MWB” appears, then press and hold
SET for more than 3 seconds.
• “MWB” blinks in the viewfinder during adjustment, then
stops blinking but stays lit when adjustment is complete.
NOTES:
●
To switch to automatic white balance adjustment, press SET until the indication disappears, or turn the PROGRAM AE
select dial to “AUTO LOCK”.
●
Re-adjust the White Balance when the lighting has changed, when the camcorder has been turned on and off again, or
when the PROGRAM AE select dial’s position has been changed.
●
It is helpful to connect your camcorder to a colour monitor when adjusting the white balance (“Basic Connections”
Z
pg. 32).
●
When adjusted by putting coloured paper in front of the subject in step 2 (“ADJUST FOCUS”), this unit makes its colour
temperature standard for automatic white balance. So you can enjoy shooting with different colours. For example, when
adjusting with red, blue or yellow colours, the image becomes the colour which aproximates to green, orange or purple
respectively.
●
Manual White Balance Adjustment is not possible when the PROGRAM AE select dial is set to SEPIA
(
Z
pg. 19).
M.W.B.
MWB
No indication (Auto)
MWB
White balance
mode indicator
SELECT
PROGRAM AE select dial
SET
