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White Balance

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White Balance

The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting
conditions.

POINTS TO CHECK

• Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording programs.

1 Open the white balance screen.

[FUNC.]

>

[Ä White Balance]

2 Touch the desired option and then touch [X].

• When you select [Â Color Temperature], [Æ Set 1] or [Ç Set 2], set the color temperature or a

custom white balance with the appropriate procedure below before touching [X].

• The icon of the selected option will appear on the screen.

To set the color temperature ([Â Color Temperature])

Touch [Ï] or [Ð] to set the desired value.

• You can also drag your finger along the dial.

To set a custom white balance ([Æ Set 1] or [Ç Set 2])

Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen, and touch [Set WB].
When the adjustment is completed, Å stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain the
custom white balance even if you turn it off.

Options

(



Default value)

Operating modes:

[

à Automatic]



The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.

[

¼ Daylight]

To record outdoors on a bright day.

[

½ Shade]

To record in shaded places.

[

¾ Cloudy]

To record on a cloudy day.

[

¿Fluorescent]

To record under warm white, cool white or warm-white-type (3-wavelength)

fluorescent lighting.

[

À Fluorescent H]

To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[

É

Tungsten]

To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[

 Color Temperature]

Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.

[

Æ Set 1], [Ç Set 2]

Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white

under colored lighting.

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