Adjusting The White Balance Manually - Sony Handycam DCR-HC20 Operation Manual

To return the settingto automatic
exposure
Follow steps 1 to 3, then touch [ _ AU'I O] in
step 4. Or set [EXPOSURE] to [ _ AUTO]
(p. 28).
0 Notes
• You cannot use file Flexible spol m¢ler together with
the NightSbot plus function.
• If you set [PROGRAM AE], [SPOT METER] is
automalically set to [ _ AUTO].
"_" Tip
• If you set [SPOT METER], [EXPOSURE[ is
automatically set to [MANUAL[.
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment. The
indicators in parentheses appear when the
setting is selected.
[ _ AUTO]
Select when you want to record with the
white balance adjusted automatically.
[OUTDOOR] {-:.:.:_,. )
Select when recording a sunset/sunrise,
general night views, neon signs, fireworks, o1"
when under daylight fluorescent lamps.
[INDOOR] (=_)
Select when recording at a party or in studios
where lighting conditions change quickly.
And also, select when under video lamps
such as those in a studio, under sodium
lamps, mercury lamps or warm white
fluorescent lamps.
[ONE PUSH] ( _==zI )
Select when you want to record with the
white balance adjusted depending on the light
source.
1 Slide the POWER switch to select the
CAMERA mode.
2 Touch [SNB to display [PAGEI].
Touch [WHT BALI.
4 Touch the desired effect.
When you touch [ONE PUSH]
1 Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper filling the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot the
subject.
2
Touch [_ .
_ flashes quickly.
When the white balance has been
adjusted and stored in the memory, the
indicalor stops flashing.
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Touch [_.
O Notes
• You cannot use the white balance together wilh tile
NightShot plus thncdon.
• The setting returns to [ _ AUTO] when you
discmmect the power source from your camcorder
for more thml 5 minutes.
• Do not shake or strike the camcorder while _.m.,a
tlashes quickly.
• When I_a_a flashes slowly, the white balance is not
set or was not able to be set.
• If _m.a keeps flashing even when you much
[_, set [WriT BALI to [ _ AUTO[.
"_" Tips
• For be.er color balance adjuslmem when [WILT
BALl is set to [ _ AUTO], aim your camcorder a_ a
nearby white object for about 10 seconds aider
setting the POWER switch In CAMERA when:
You remove the battery pack for replacement.
x/" Otl bring your caYf_corder ou_d{'Asr . _from fi_.q_de
Ihe house while using fixed exposure, or bring
your camcorder ill frol!l oulside.
• Redo the [ONE PUSIt] procedure when:
You changed _he [PROGRAM AE] sett fi_gs when
[WHT BALl is set to [ONE PUSIt[.
You brought your cmncorder oaldoors |Yore inside
lhe house, or vice versa.
• Se_ [WItT BALI te[ _ AUTO] or tONE PUSH]
under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.
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Recording 27
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