Sony DCR-HC30 Camera Operations Guide - Page 65

Using the Menu * Your camcorder is adjusted to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance. **Your camcorder is adjusted to focus only on distant subjects. b Note • [SPORTS] (sports lesson) will not work when the POWER switch is set to CAMERA- MEMORY. SPOT METER See page 37 for details. EXPOSURE See page 38 for details. WHITE BAL. You can adjust the color balance to the brightness of the recording environment. G AUTO OUTDOOR ( INDOOR (n) ONE PUSH ( Select when you want to record with the white balance adjusted automatically. ) • Select when recording a sunset/sunrise, general night views, neon signs, or fireworks. • Select when under daylight fluorescent lamps. • Select when recording at a party or in studios where lighting conditions change quickly. • Select when under video lamps such as those in a studio, under sodium lamps, mercury lamps or warm white fluorescent lamps. ) Select when you want to record with the white balance adjusted according to the ambient light. 1 Select [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. b Notes • Do not shake your camcorder while is flashing quickly. • When flashes slowly, the white balance has not been set, or could not be set. • If keeps flashing even after you have touched , set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO]. ,continued Using the Menu 65