Adjusting The Picture: Exposure, Focus And Color; Manual Exposure Adjustment And Automatic Backlight Correction - Canon legria hv40 Instruction Manual

Adjusting the Picture:

Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color

Exposure, Focus and Color
Manual Exposure Adjustment and
Automatic Backlight Correction
At times, backlit subjects may appear too
dark (underexposed) or subjects under
very strong lights may appear too bright
or glaring (overexposed). To correct this
you can use the automatic backlight
correction or manually adjust the
exposure.
Automatic Backlight Correction
When shooting subjects with a strong
light source behind them, you can have
the camcorder automatically correct for
the backlight with the press of a single
button.
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch:
1
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
2
Push the joystick (
• If does not appear on the joystick
guide, repeatedly push the joystick
( ) toward [NEXT] to display the
joystick guide in the illustration above.
• appears.
• Pushing the joystick (
again will end the backlight correction
mode.
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Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color
This function can also be activated with the
CUSTOM key (
Manual Exposure Adjustment
Mode switch:
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POINTS TO CHECK
(except for the
If the joystick guide does not appear
on screen, press (
Push the joystick (
• If [EXP] does not appear on the
joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick ( ) toward [NEXT] to display
the joystick guide in the illustration
above.
• The exposure adjustment indicator
and the neutral value "±0"
appear on the screen.
• If you operate the zoom while the
exposure is locked, the brightness of
the image may change.
Adjust ( ) the brightness of the
image as required.
• The adjustment range and the length
of the exposure adjustment indicator
will vary depending on the initial
brightness of the picture.
• Pushing the joystick (
[EXP] again will return the camcorder
to automatic exposure.
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