Sony HANDYCAM DCR-DVD405 Operating Manual page 69

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You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. When recording indoors on a clear
clay, for instance, you can avoid backlight
shadows oil people next to the window by
fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of
the room.
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@ Touch [MANUALI.
appears.
(_) Adjust the exposure
by touching
V=q/VTq.
@ TouchDE].
To return
tile setting
to atttomatic
exposure.
touch [AUTO]--+ tug].
• If you rot at e the LC D panel 180 degrees and close
the LCD panel with the scr_n lacing outwards,
you can a(l.just [FADER] and [EXPOSUREI
while h)oking through the vicwflnder (p.75).
• The setting returns to [AUTOI when you sm the
POWER switch to OFF (CHG) lor more than 12
hours,
You can atliust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
_" AUTO
The white bal:ince is ad]u sted automatical]_
OUTDOOR ( _ )
The white bahmce
is a(liusted
to be
appropriate
for the following
recording
conditions:
Outdoors
Night views,
neon signs and fireworks
Sunrise
or s/inset
Under daylight
fluorescent
lamps
INDOOR(;_-)
The white bahmce is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
Indoors
At party scenes or studios where the
lighting conditions change quickly
Under the vide()lamps of those at a studio,
or under sodium lamps or incandescent-
like color lamps
ONE PUSH (_=m_)
The white balance will be a(ljusted
according to the ambient light.
(!) Touch [ONE PUSHI.
(_) Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot the
suhject.
@ Touch [_,lJ_].
txmz_ f lashes quickly. When the white
balance has been a([justed and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
• Ke_p ftaming white ob.iectwhile txlm, d is
flashing quickly.
• ixmzl f laslmsslowlyifwhilebalancccould
not be set.
• t_mzlkeq)s flaslling even after you have
touched [_}_], s et [WHITE BALI Iv)
[AUTOI.
• When you have changed the baltcl T pack while
[AUTO] is selected, or you bring your cg,mcorder
out doors lrom inside the house while using fixed
exposure, select [AUTOI and afin yourcamcordcr
at a nearby while object lor about I0 seconds lor
belier color balance adjustment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSHI proccdurc if you change
the [PROGRAM
AEI seuings, or bring your
camcorder ollldoors ftonl inside the house, or vice
versa during the [ONE PUSHI is sm to on.
• Sct [WHITE BAL.I to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSHI
undcr white or cool while fluorescent
lamps.
• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you _l the
POWER switch to OFF (CHG) ft)r more tbn
12
hours.
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