White Balance - RCA CC618 User Manual

White Balance
Making colors look natural is what white balance is all about. This is achieved by
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,
under certain conditions, 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.
Press
MAN. W.BAL
(Manual
White
Balance) to
Display in
Viewfinder
Auto White Balance
MAN.W.BAL Button
MWB
Outdoors -- Cloudy Outdoors -- Sunny
Manual White Balance
To Adjust White Balance
1. Place the POWER switch in CAMERA,
and make sure the SCENE SELECT
AE dial is not set toAUTO.
2. Press MAN. W.BAL (manual white
balance) until one of the manual white
balance indicators appears in the
viewfinder.
• Select =r- when recording outdoors
on a cloudy day.
• Select :o: when recording outdoors
on a sunny day.
• Select _ when recording using
halogen or tungsten lighting.
• Select MWB when shooting subjects
with different color temperatures
and adjust the white balance as
follows:
Halogen or Tungsten
Light
Note: It may help to connect your
camcorder to a color TV monitor when
making white balance adjustments.
A. Point camcorder at a white, flat
object such as a piece of paper.
Adjust the focus manually.
B. Press and hold MAN. W.BAL for at
least three seconds. The MWB
indicator flashes while adjusting
and stops when finished.
3. To have camcorder automatically
control white balance, repeatedly
press MAN. W.BAL until no white
balance indicator appears in
viewflnder (or place SCENE
SELECTAE dial inAUTO).
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