Sony Handycam HDR-HC9 Operating Manual page 44

CAMERA SET menu (Continued)
B 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 (n)
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.
1 Touch [ONE PUSH].
2 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.
3 Touch [
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops
flashing.
b 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
• flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not
be set.
• When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if
flashing after touching
BAL.] to [AUTO].
• If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE SELECT]
returns to [AUTO].
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is flashing quickly.
, set [WHITE
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• If you have changed the battery pack while
[AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder
outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), select
[AUTO] and aim your camcorder at a nearby
white object for about 10 seconds for better
color balance adjustment.
• When the white balance has been set with [ONE
PUSH], if you change the [SCENE SELECT]
settings, or bring your camcorder outdoors from
inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo
the [ONE PUSH] procedure to readjust the
white balance.
SHARPNESS
You can adjust the sharpness of the image
outline with
the sharpness is anything other than the
default setting.
Soften
SHUTTR SPEED
You can manually adjust and fix the shutter
speed for your convenience. Depending on
the shutter speed, you can make the subject
look still, or emphasize movement of the
subject.
B AUTO
Select to adjust the shutter speed
automatically.
MANUAL(
Adjust the shutter speed using
You can select a shutter speed between 1/4
and 1/10000 second when the POWER
switch is set to CAMERA-TAPE, and
between 1/4 and 1/500 second when the
POWER switch is set to CAMERA-
MEMORY.
Slower
keeps
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125, 180, 250
appears when
Sharpen
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Faster