Sony HVR-A1E Operating Manual page 44

CAMERA SET menu (Continued)
EXPOSURE
You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. When recording indoors on
a clear day, for instance, you can avoid
backlight shadows on people next to the
window by fixing the exposure to that of
the wall side of the room. Set the AUTO
LOCK switch to OFF beforehand (p.25).
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1

Touch [MANUAL].

Adjust the exposure by touching
/

Touch
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO] 
• You can also adjust the exposure with
the EXPOSURE/VOL lever assigned to
[EXPOSURE] (p. 24).
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
Set the AUTO LOCK switch to OFF
beforehand (p. 25).
 AUTO
The white balance is adjusted
automatically.
OUTDOOR (
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR ()
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
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– 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 ( )
The white balance will be adjusted
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 [ ].
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored
in the memory, the indicator stops
flashing.
You can also adjust the white balance
with the ASSIGN button assigned to
[ONE PUSH WB] (p.65).
• Keep framing a white object while
is flashing quickly.
• flashes slowly if white balance
could not be set.
• If keeps flashing even after you
have touched
to [AUTO].
• When you have changed the battery pack
while [AUTO] is selected, select [AUTO] and
aim your camcorder at a nearby white object
for about 10 seconds for better color balance
adjustment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure if you change
the [PROGRAM AE] settings, or bring your
camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or
vice versa.
• To adjust the white balance under white or cool
white fluorescent lamps, set [WHITE BAL.] to
[AUTO], or follow the procedure when using
[ONE PUSH].
, set [WHITE BAL.]