Advanced Controls - Canon MD215 Manual

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Advanced controls

If operating the camera on Easy mode (see "Recording" on page 6), most settings will be
automatically set, with the camera calculating optimum settings for the light conditions. If in P
Mode, however, you will be able to change several settings on the camera.
While in camera mide (see "Recording" on page 6) press Function. The menu is then controlled
using the joystick. (See "Playback" on page 8).Moving the joystick up and down will move through
the menu, and left and right between the different settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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The first icon sets a series of recording presets,
including settings optimised for night, portraits,
snow, sports, beach, etc. Program AE is the
setting that allows you to alter the settings
individually yourself.
The next sets the white balance (the way the
camera works out colours in different light
conditions). The settings are auto white
balance, presets for outdoors and Tungsten
lighting, and evaluate white balance. To do
the latter, select this icon, point the camera at
something predominantly white (such as a
piece of paper or white wall), and press the
joystick as a button.
The fourth icon sets various effects, including
fades, black and white, sepia and mosaic
modes. It is strongly recommended that you do
not use these in filming, and add any effects
such as these when you edit your footage (in
post-production). However it is useful to know
where this setting is, in case a previous user has
added any of these effects and you need to
remove them.