Sony Handycam DCR-SR100 Operating Manual page 53

You can fix the brightness of an image
manually. When recording ittdoors on a clear
day, for example, you can avoid backlight
shadows on people next to tile window by
fixing tile exposure to that of the wall side of
the room.
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@ Touch [MANUALI.
appears.
@ Adjust the exposure by touching
v=3/r_3.
@ Touch [_.
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO] --+ [Ug].
• If you rolale the LCD panel 180 degrees and close
tile LCD panel wilh tile screen lacing oulwards,
you can adjusl [FADER] and [EXPOSURE]
while looking through lhe viewlinder (p.58).
• The selling returns to [AUTO] after you remove
the power source lor more than five nlinutes.
You can a(liust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
_" AUTO
The _ hite bahlnce is adjusted automatically.
OUTDOOR ( _ )
The white bahmce is a(liusted to be
appropriate R)r the following recording
conditions:
Outdoors
Night views, neon signs and fireworks
Sunrise or s/inset
Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (;_-)
The white balance is adjusted to bc
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
Indoors
At party scenes or studios where the
lighting conditions change quickly
Under the video lamps of those at a studio,
or under sodium lamps or incandescent-
like color lamps
ONE PUSH (_=m_)
The x_hitc bahmcc will be a(ljustcd
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 [ txlJ_ 1.
txmz_flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been a([iusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
• Keep flanling while object while txlm, d is
flashing quickly.
• txlmzl f lashes slowly if while balance couM
lid[ be set.
• t_mLIkeeps flashing even ariel you ]lave
touched [_, sel ]WHITE BALI to
[AUTO],
• When you have changed tile bauel T pack while
[AUTOI is selected, or you bring your camcorder
outdoors fi'om inside tile house while using lixed
exposure, select [AUTO[ and aim yourcamcorder
at a nearby while object k)r aboul I0 seconds ri)r
better color balance adjustment.
• Redo file [ONE PUSHI procedure if you change
the ]PROGRAM AEI seuings, or bring your
ca/llcorder outdoors l]onl inside tile ]louse, or vice
versa during the [ONE PUSH] is sel lo on.
• Set [WHITE BALI m [AUTOI or [ONE PUSHI
under white or cool while fluorescent lamps.
• Tile setting returns to [AUTO] aller you renlove
the power
SOllrce lor nlorc lhan live nlinlues.
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