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Table of Contents Useful Recording Techniques Index
Notes
If you set [SCENE SELECTION], [WHITE BAL.] setting is canceled.
Even if you set [TWILIGHT PORT.] while the
(Photo) lamp is lit, the setting changes to [AUTO] once
the
(Movie) lamp lights up.
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment.
Steps
In recording mode,
(OPTION)
[WHITE BAL.]
a desired setting
AUTO
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
OUTDOOR (
)
The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording
conditions:
Outdoors
Night views, neon signs and fireworks
Sunrise or sunset
Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR ()
The white balance is appropriately adjusted 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.
Touch [ONE PUSH].
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.
Touch [ ].
flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
Notes
Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or adjust the color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent
lamps.
When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing white objects while
is flashing quickly.
flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set.
When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if
keeps flashing after touching , set [WHITE BAL.] to
[AUTO].
If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE SELECTION] is set to [AUTO].