White Balance - RCA CC800 User Manual

Making colors look natural is what white balance is all about. This
adjusting the way the camcorder "sees" and records the light source in the scene you
wish to record. Your camcorder is equipped with automatic white balance. However,
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under certain cond tions, such as recording an object with various shades of the same
color or when recording a predominant red or brown object outdoors, you may want to
adjust white balance manually.
(Manual
White
Balance) to
Display in
Viewfinder
4uto White Balance
To Adjust White Balance
POWER
1. Place the switch in
POWER
The indicator will light.
2. Press MWB (manual white balance)
until one of the manual white balance
indicators appear in the viewfinder.
Select -% when recording outdoors
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on a cloudy day.
Select :+ when recording outdoors
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on a sunny day.
Select 1%: when recording using
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halogen or tungsten lighting.
Select MWB when shooting subjects
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with different color temperatures
and adjust the white balance as
follows:
Outdoors - Cloudy
Manual White Balance
Connecting your camcorder to a
Note:
color TV monitor may be helpful when
CAMERA.
making white balance adjustments.
A. Point camcorder at a white, flat
object such as a piece of white
paper.
B. Press and hold MWB for at least
three seconds.
The MWB indicator will flash
while the camcorder is adjusting
white balance and stop flashing
when it is ready to record.
3. To have camcorder automatically
control white balance, repeatedly
press A4WB until no white balance
indicator appears in viewfinder.
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Outdoors - Sunny
Halogen or Tungsten
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