Manual Exposure Adjustment And Automatic Backlight Correction - Canon Legria HF20 Instruction Manual

The camcorder will record the photo after a 10-second countdown*. The
countdown appears on the screen.
* 2 seconds when using the wireless controller.
NOTES
• Once the countdown has begun, any of the following actions will cancel
the self timer.
- Pressing
START/STOP
recording photos).
- Setting the camcorder to standby mode.
- Changing the camcorder's operating mode.
- Turning off the camcorder.

Manual Exposure Adjustment and Automatic Backlight Correction

At times, backlit subjects may appear too dark (underexposed) or sub-
jects under very strong lights may appear too bright or glaring (overex-
posed). To correct this, you can manually adjust the exposure or use
the automatic backlight correction.
POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than [
Manual Exposure Adjustment
1 Open ( ) the joystick guide.
2 Select ( ) [
.
• The current exposure is locked.
• The exposure adjustment indicator
and the neutral value "±0" appear
on the screen.
• The adjustment range and the length of the exposure adjustment
indicator will vary depending on the initial brightness of the picture.
• If you operate the zoom, the brightness of the image may change.
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Video
(when recording movies) or
Exposure] and press
PHOTO
( 30)
Fireworks].
Exposure
fully (when