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You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. Adjust the brightness when the
subject is much brighter or darker than the
background.
1 Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
2 Adjust the exposure by touching /
.
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [ AUTO].
• You can adjust [EXPOSURE] and [FADER]
while using the viewfinder by having the LCD
panel rotated 180 degrees and closed with the
screen facing out (p. 37).
• The setting returns to [ AUTO] when you
turn the power off for more than 12 hours.
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You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
B AUTO
The white balance is adjusted
automatically.
OUTDOOR ( )
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (n)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the lighting
conditions change quickly
– Under video lamps in a studio, or under
sodium lamps or incandescent-like color
lamps
ONE PUSH ( )
The white balance will be adjusted
according to the ambient light.
1 Touch [ONE PUSH].
2 Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot
the subject.
3 Touch .
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops
flashing.
•Do not shake your camcorder while
is flashing quickly.
• flashes slowly if white balance
could not be set.
•If keeps flashing even after you
have touched , set [WHT BAL]
to [ AUTO].
• If you have changed the battery pack while [
AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder
outdoors after inside use with the [EXPOSURE]
set (or vice versa), select [ AUTO] and aim
your camcorder at a nearby white object for
about 10 seconds for better color balance
adjustment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure if you change
the [PROGRAM AE] settings, or bring your
camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or
vice versa.
• Set [WHT BAL] to [ AUTO] or [ONE
PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent
lamps.
• The setting returns to [ AUTO] when you
turn the power off for more than 12 hours.
EXPOSURE
WHT BAL (White balance)
AUTO
MANU–
AL
EXPOSURE
OK
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