Sony DCR-HC26 Operating Guide - Page 38

Operation button items (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. 60min AUTO STBY 0:00:00 OK 1 MANU- AL EXPOSURE 2 1 Touch [MANUAL]. appears. 2 Adjust the exposure by touching / . To return the setting to automatic exposure, touch [ AUTO]. • You can adjust [EXPOSURE] and [FADER] while using the viewfinder by having the LCD panel rotated 180 degrees and closed with the screen facing out (p. 37). • The setting returns to [ AUTO] when you turn the power off for more than 12 hours. [PAGE2] WHT BAL (White balance) You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment. B 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 38 INDOOR (n) The white balance is adjusted to be appropriate for the following recording conditions: - Indoors - At party scenes or studios where the lighting conditions change quickly - Under video lamps in a studio, or under sodium lamps or incandescent-like color lamps ONE PUSH ( ) The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light. 1 Touch [ONE PUSH]. 2 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. 3 Touch . flashes quickly. When the white balance has been adjusted and stored in the memory, the indicator stops flashing. •Do not shake your camcorder while is flashing quickly. • flashes slowly if white balance could not be set. •If keeps flashing even after you have touched , set [WHT BAL] to [ AUTO]. • If you have changed the battery pack while [ AUTO] is selected, taken your camcorder outdoors or brought it indoors after outside use while using fixed exposure, 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. • Set [WHT BAL] to [ AUTO] or [ONE PUSH] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps. • The setting returns to [ AUTO] when you turn the power off for more than 12 hours.