Canon HG20 - Manual (Page 48)

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Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to
focus on faraway subjects such as
mountains or fireworks.
Instead of step 2 in the previous
procedure:
Push the joystick (
) toward [Focus]
and hold it for more than 2 seconds.
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• Push the joystick ( ) toward [Focus]
again to return the camcorder to
autofocus.
• If you operate the zoom or joystick
( ), changes to “MF” and the
camcorder returns to manual focus.
White Balance
The white balance function helps you to
accurately reproduce colors under
different lighting conditions so that
white objects will always look truly
white in your recordings.
POINTS TO CHECK
Select a recording mode other than the
Special Scene recording programs.
Options 
Default value
[ Automatic]
Desired option*
* When you select [ Custom WB], do not
press and continue instead with the
following procedure.
1 Point the camcorder at a white
object, zoom in until it fills the
whole screen and press
.
When the adjustment is completed,
stops flashing and stays on. The
camcorder retains the custom
setting even if you turn off the
camcorder.
2 Press to save the setting
and close the menu.
[ Automatic]

Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
Use this setting for outdoor scenes.
[ Daylight]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[ Shade]
For recording in shaded places.
[ Cloudy]
For recording on a cloudy day.
[ Tungsten]
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Fluorescent]
For recording under warm white, cool white or
warm white type (3-wavelength) fluorescent
lighting.
[ Fluorescent H]
For recording under daylight or daylight type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Custom WB]
Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored
lighting.
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