Sony DCR-DVD505 Operating Manual page 69

You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. When recording indoors oil a clear
day, liar instance, you can avoid backlight
shadows oil people next to the window by
fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of
the room.
(!)
@ Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
@ Adjust the exposure by touching
g=q/r_q.
@ Touch [_.
To return the setting to automatic exposure.
touch [AUTO]-+ [Ugl.
• If you rolaletheLCDpane1180degrcesandclose
lhe LCD panel wilh the screen lacing outwards,
you can adjusl [FADER] and [EXPOSUREI
while looking through the view finder (p.75).
• The _lfing retmns 1o [AUTOI when you sm llle
POWER swilcll to OFF (CHG) lbr more lhan 12
hours,
You can atljust the color halance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
I_AUTO
The white hahmce is a(lju sled automatically.
OUTDOOR ( _ )
The _hite hahmce is adjusted to be
appropriate for the lbllowing recording
conditions:
Outdoors
Night views, neon signs and fireworks
Sunrise or sunset
Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (;_)
The _ hire balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the lbllowing recording
conditions:
Indoors
At party scenes or studios where the
lighting conditions change quickly
U nderthe video lamps of those at a studio,
or under sodium lamps or incandescent-
like color lamps
ONE PUSH (_"g_)
Tile white bahmce will be adjusted
accoMing to the ambient light.
(!) Touch [ONE
PUSHI.
@ Frame a white ol!ject such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot the
subject.
@ Touch [ txm.d].
txmz_flashes quickl}: When the white
balance has been a(liusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
• Keep faming while object while txmzl is
flashing quickly.
• t:xmz:l flashesslowlyifwhilebalancccould
nol be set.
• txU.d keeps flashing even after you have
louched [_, set [WHITE BAE.I to
[AUTOI,
• Whcn you have changed the battery pack while
[AUTOI is selected, or you bring your camcorder
outdoors flom inside the house while using fxed
cxposure, select [AUTOI and aim your camcorder
at a nearby white ohject f)r about 10 seconds lor
bettcr coh)r balance a(liuslment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSHI procedulv if you change
the [PROGRAM AEI settings, or bring your
camcorder Otlldoors fionl inside the house, or vice
versa during the [ONE PUSHI is set to on.
• Set [WHITE BALI to [AUTOI or [ONE PUSHI
under while or cool white fluorescenl lamps.
• The selling rett/rns 1o [AUTOI when you set lhe
POWER swilch to OFF (CHG) lbr more lhan 12
hours,
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