Sony HANDYCAM HDR-TG5V User Manual page 67

 AUTO
OUTDOOR ( )
INDOOR ()
ONE PUSH ( )
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Notes
Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or adjust the color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent
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lamps.
When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing white objects while
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flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not be set.
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When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if
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[AUTO].
If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE SELECTION] is set to [AUTO].
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Tips
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If you have changed the battery pack while [AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after
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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 the lighting conditions changed by bringing
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your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [ONE PUSH]
procedure to readjust the white balance.
SPOT MTR/FCS (Spot meter/focus)
You can adjust the brightness and focus for the selected subject simultaneously. This function
enables you to use [SPOT METER] (p. 68) and [SPOT FOCUS] (p. 68) at the same time.
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording
conditions:
Outdoors
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Night views, neon signs and fireworks
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Sunrise or sunset
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Under daylight fluorescent lamps
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The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording
conditions:
Indoors
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At party scenes or studios where the lighting conditions change quickly
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Under video lamps in a studio, or under sodium lamps or incandescent-
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like color lamps
The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light.
 Touch [ONE PUSH].
 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.
 Touch [ ].
flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
keeps flashing after touching
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is flashing quickly.
, set [WHITE BAL.] to