Canon FS21 FS20/FS21/FS22/FS200 Instruction Manual - Page 51

Manual Focus Adjustment, White Balance

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• During exposure lock, press to return the camcorder to automatic exposure. Manual Focus Adjustment Autofocus may not work well on the following subjects. In such case, focus manually. • Reflective surfaces • Subjects with low contrast or without vertical lines • Fast moving subjects • Through wet windows • Night scenes ( 25) POINTS TO CHECK Adjust the zoom before you start the procedure. 1 Push the joystick ( ) to display the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [FOCUS ] and press . [MF] appears on the screen. 3 Adjust ( ) the focus as necessary. • The focus will be locked. • During focus lock, press to return the camcorder to autofocus. Infinity Focus Use this function when you wish to focus on faraway subjects such as mountains or fireworks. Instead of step 3 in the previous procedure: Push the joystick ( ) toward and hold it down. • appears. • If you operate the zoom or push the joystick ( ) and hold it down, 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. ( 25) POINTS TO CHECK Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording programs. Options Default value [ AUTO] The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural-looking colors. [ DAYLIGHT] For recording outdoors on a bright day. 51

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During exposure lock, press
to
return the camcorder to automatic
exposure.
Manual Focus Adjustment
Autofocus may not work well on the
following subjects. In such case, focus
manually.
• Reflective surfaces
Subjects with low contrast or without
vertical lines
• Fast moving subjects
Through wet windows
Night scenes
POINTS TO CHECK
Adjust the zoom before you start the
procedure.
1
Push the joystick (
) to display
the joystick guide.
2
Select (
) [FOCUS
] and
press
.
[MF] appears on the screen.
3
Adjust (
) the focus as
necessary.
• The focus will be locked.
During focus lock, press
to
return the camcorder to autofocus.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to
focus on faraway subjects such as
mountains or fireworks.
Instead of step 3 in the previous
procedure:
Push the joystick (
) toward
and
hold it down.
appears.
If you operate the zoom or push the
joystick (
) and hold it down,
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 program other than
the Special Scene recording programs.
Options
±
Default value
(
25)
(
25)
[
AUTO]
±
The camcorder automatically sets the white
balance for natural-looking colors.
[
DAYLIGHT]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.