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Infinity Focus, White Balance, TPOINTS TO CHECK
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Video 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. • appears. • 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] 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. FUNC. [ Automatic] Desired option* FUNC. * When you select [ Custom WB], do not press FUNC. and continue instead with the following procedure. TO SET THE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE 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 FUNC. to save the setting and close the menu. 50