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Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)
You can adjust and fix the white balance
according to the lighting conditions of
recording environment.
You can store white balance values in
memory A (
respectively. Unless a white balance is
readjusted, values will remain even after the
power has been turned off.
When you select PRESET, [OUTDOOR],
[INDOOR] or [MANU WB TEMP] is
selected, according to which one you
previously set with [WB PRESET] in the
(CAMERA SET) menu.
1
During recording or standby, set
the AUTO/MANUAL switch D to
MANUAL.
2
Press the WHT BAL button A.
3
Set the white balance memory
switch B to any one of
PRESET/A/B.
Select A or B for recording with the
white balance setting stored in memory
A or B.
Indicator
A
(Memory A)
B
(Memory B)
Outdoor
([OUTDOOR])
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A) and memory B (
Shooting conditions
• White balance values
adjusted for light
sources can be stored
in memory A and
memory B. Follow the
steps in "To save the
adjusted white balance
value in memory A or
B" (p. 32).
• Recording neon signs
or fireworks
• Recording sunset/
sunrise, just after
sunset or just before
sunrise
• Under daylight color
fluorescent lamps
Indicator
n
Indoor
([INDOOR])
B),
Color
temperature
([MANU WB
TEMP])
z Tips
• You can change the outdoor white balance
setting by setting offset. Press
button C while
turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial E to select an
offset value from -7 (bluish) to 0 (normal, the
default setting) to +7 (reddish). You can also set
the white balance offset value from the menu
([WB OUTDOOR LEVEL], p. 72).
• You can change the color temperature. Set [WB
PRESET] to [MANU WB TEMP], and the
white balance memory switch B to PRESET,
then press the
the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial E until the desired
temperature appears on the screen, then press
the dial to set the temperature. You can also set
the color temperature from the menu ([WB
TEMP SET], p. 72).
To save the adjusted white balance
value in memory A or B
1 Set the white balance memory switch to
A (
"Adjusting to natural color (White
balance)."
2 Capture a white subject, such as white
paper, full-screen in the same lighting
condition as the one in which the subject
is.
3 Press the
Shooting conditions
• Under the lighting
conditions that change
in many ways, such as
a party hall
• Under strong light,
such as in a
photography studio
• Under sodium lamps
or mercury lamps
• Color temperature can
be set between 2300K
and 15000K (the
default setting is
6500K).
(outdoor) is selected and
(one push) button C. Turn
B) in step 3 of
A) or B (
(one push) button C.
(one push)
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