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z Tips
• Touch if the subject is white or the
backlight is bright, or touch if the subject
is black or the light is dim.
• You can adjust the automatic exposure level to
brighter or darker when [EXPOSURE] is set to
[AUTO].
• For HDR-HC7:
You can also adjust the setting manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).
You can adjust the color intensity with
/ . appears when [CAMERA
COLOR] is anything other than the default
setting.
You can adjust the white balance to the
desired setting using / .
and the setting value appear when [WB
SHIFT] is anything other than the default
setting.
z Tips
• When the white balance is set to a lower value,
pictures appear bluish, and when set to a higher
value, pictures appear reddish.
• For HDR-HC7:
You can also adjust the setting manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).
You can select and adjust the focal point to
a subject not located in the center of the
screen.
1 Touch the subject on the screen.
9 appears.
2 Touch [END].
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO] t [END] in step 1.
b Notes
• If you set [SPOT FOCUS], [FOCUS] is
automatically set to [MANUAL].
You can adjust the focus manually. You can
select this function also when you want to
focus on a certain subject intentionally.
1 Touch [MANUAL].
9 appears.
2 Touch (focusing on close subjects)/
(focusing on distant subjects) to
sharpen the focus. appears when the
focus cannot be adjusted any closer, and
appears when the focus cannot be adjusted
farther away.
3 Touch .
To adjust the focus automatically, touch
[AUTO] t in step 1.
b Notes
• The minimum possible distance between
camcorder and subject while maintaining sharp
focus is about 1 cm (about 13/32 in.) for wide
angle and about 80 cm (about 2 5/8 feet) for
telephoto.
z Tips
• It is easier to focus on the subject by moving the
power zoom lever towards T (telephoto) to
adjust the focus, then towards W (wide angle) to
adjust the zoom for recording. When you want
to record a subject at close range, move the
power zoom lever to W (wide angle), then
adjust the focus.
• For HDR-HC7:
You can also adjust the focus manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 27).
CAMERA COLOR
WB SHIFT (White Balance Shift)
SPOT FOCUS
Decreases color
intensity
Increases color
intensity
1
2
FOCUS
CAMERA SET menu (Continued)