Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...
Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
Advanced Functions
57
White Balance
The white balance function helps you
accurately reproduce colors under
different lighting conditions so that white
objects will always look truly white in your
recordings.
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch: P
Options
Default value
* When you select [ SET], do not press
and continue instead with the
procedure below.
T
O
SET
THE
CUSTOM
WHITE
BALANCE
1 Point the camcorder at a white
object, zoom in until it fills the
whole screen and press ( ).
When the adjustment is completed,
stops flashing and stays on. The
camcorder retains the custom setting
even if you turn off the camcorder.
2 Press to save the setting and
close the menu.
NOTES
Depending on the type of fluorescent light,
optimal color balance may not be obtained with
[ FLUORESCENT] or [ FLUORESCENT
H]. If the color looks unnatural, adjust it using
[ AUTO] or [ SET].
When you have set the custom white balance:
- Depending on the light source, may keep
flashing. The result will still be better than with
[AUTO].
- Reset the white balance when the lighting
condition changes.
- Turn off the digital zoom.
The camcorder retains the custom white
balance setting even if you turn it off.
Custom white balance may provide better
results in the following cases:
- Changing lighting conditions
- Close-ups
- Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)
- Under mercury lamps and certain types of
fluorescent lights
( 12)
[
AUTO]
Settings are automatically set by the
camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor
scenes.
[DAYLIGHT]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[SHADE]
For recording in shaded places.
[CLOUDY]
For recording on a cloudy day.
[ TUNGSTEN]
For recording under tungsten and tungsten
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ FLUORESCENT]
For recording under warm white, cool
white or warm white type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
[ FLUORESCENT H]
For recording under daylight or daylight
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ SET]
Use the custom white balance setting to
make white subjects appear white under
colored lighting.
FUNC.
(31)
Icon of the currently selected
White Balance
Desired option*
FUNC.
FUNC.
FUNC.
FUNC.
D119_NTSC-E.book Page 57 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:14 AM
Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...