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4) Capture a white subject, such as white paper, full-screen in the same lighting condition as the
one in which the subject is. Press the White Balance symbol button once. A or B starts flashing
rapidly. It will stay on when the white balance adjustment is completed and the adjusted value is
stored in A or B.
In this example I used a plain white sheet of paper:
You can also buy "White Cards" like this Zeikos one on
Amazon
for $13
You can also manipulate what the camera "sees" as white for more
creative controls.
*The best way is to get out there and practice setting your white balance outdoors and using
different scales of white, grey and black to manipulate the camera and then see how the color of
what your recording changes.
CUSTOMIZING THE PICTURE QUALITY (picture profile)
You can customize the picture quality by adjusting picture profile items such as GAMMA and
DETAIL.
There are 6 available Picture Profiles that you can either a) use the default recording settings or b)
customize the profile pictures for your common shooting settings, so that you don't have to waist
time resetting all the settings and you can just go in and select which profile picture you want (1-
6)
Here are the default Picture Profiles:
Picture Profile
Number
Recording Condition
PP1
You can assign your own setting
