Sony Handycam DCR-DVD650 Operating Manual page 93

WHITE BAL. (White
balance)
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
B AUTO
The white balance is adjusted
automatically.
OUTDOOR ( )
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate 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 adjusted to be
appropriate 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 record
the subject.
3 Touch [ ].
flashes quickly. When the white
balance is 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 object while is flashing quickly.
• 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
SELECTION] is automatically set to [AUTO].
z Tips
• If you changed the battery pack, or moved your
camcorder to or from outdoors when [AUTO]
was selected, aim your camcorder at a nearby
white object with [AUTO] for about 10 seconds
for better color balance adjustment.
• If you changed the [SCENE SELECTION]
setting or moved your camcorder to or from
outdoors during white balance setting with
[ONE PUSH], you need to repeat the [ONE
PUSH] operation.
FADER
You can record a transition with the
following effects adding to the interval
between scenes.
1 Select the desired effect in [STBY] (during
fading in) or [REC] (during fading out)
mode, then touch
2 Press START/STOP.
The fader indicator stops flashing and
disappears when the fade is complete.
To cancel the fader before starting the
operation, touch [OFF] in step 1.
If you press START/STOP, the setting is
cleared.
STBY
Fading out
WHITE FADER
BLACK FADER
keeps
, set [WHITE
.
REC
Fading in
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