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Adjusting to natural color (White balance)

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Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued) Adjusting to natural color (White balance) SHUTTER GAIN WHT BAL SPEED AUTO MANUAL L B M A H PRESET SEL / PUSH EXEC MENU You can adjust and fix the white balance according to the lighting conditions of recording environment. You can store white balance values in memory A ( A) and memory B ( B), respectively. Unless a white balance is readjusted, values will remain even after the power has been turned off. 1 During recording or standby, set the AUTO/MANUAL switch E to MANUAL. 2 Press the WHT BAL button B. 3 Set the white balance memory switch A to any one of PRESET/A/B. Select A or B for recording with the white balance setting stored in memory A or B. Select PRESET for recording with the white balance setting set in [OUTDOOR], [INDOOR] or [MANU 32 WB TEMP], which you have selected in [WB PRESET] of the (CAMERA SET) menu. Indicator Shooting conditions A (Memory A) B (Memory B) • White balance values adjusted for light sources can be stored in memory A and memory B. Follow the steps in "To save the adjusted white balance value in memory A or B" (p. 33). Outdoor ([OUTDOOR]) • Recording sunset/ sunrise, just after sunset or just before sunrise • Recording neon signs or fireworks • Under daylight color fluorescent lamps n Indoor ([INDOOR]) • Under the lighting conditions that change in many ways, such as a party hall • Under strong light such as in a photography studio • Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps Color temperature ([MANU WB TEMP]) • Color temperature can be set between 2300K and 15000K (the default setting is 6500K). z Tips • You can change the outdoor white balance setting by setting offset. Press (one push) button C while (outdoor) is selected and turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial D to select an offset value from -7 (bluish) to 0 (normal, the default setting) to +7 (reddish). You can also set the white balance offset value from the menu ([WB OUTDR LVL] p. 68). • You can change the color temperature. Set [WB PRESET] to [MANU WB TEMP] and the white balance memory switch A to PRESET, then press the (one push) button C. Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial D until the desired temperature appears on the screen, then press

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You can adjust and fix the white balance
according to the lighting conditions of
recording environment. You can store white
balance values in memory A (
A) and
memory B (
B), respectively. Unless a
white balance is readjusted, values will
remain even after the power has been
turned off.
1
During recording or standby, set
the AUTO/MANUAL switch
E
to
MANUAL.
2
Press the WHT BAL button
B
.
3
Set the white balance memory
switch
A
to any one of
PRESET/A/B.
Select A or B for recording with the
white balance setting stored in memory
A or B. Select PRESET for recording
with the white balance setting set in
[OUTDOOR], [INDOOR] or [MANU
WB TEMP], which you have selected in
[WB PRESET] of the
(CAMERA
SET) menu.
z
Tips
•
You can change the outdoor white balance
setting by setting offset. Press
(one push)
button
C
while
(outdoor) is selected and
turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial
D
to select an
offset value from -7 (bluish) to 0 (normal, the
default setting) to +7 (reddish). You can also set
the white balance offset value from the menu
([WB OUTDR LVL] p. 68).
•
You can change the color temperature. Set [WB
PRESET] to [MANU WB TEMP] and the white
balance memory switch
A
to PRESET, then
press the
(one push) button
C
. Turn the
SEL/PUSH EXEC dial
D
until the desired
temperature appears on the screen, then press
Adjusting to natural color (White
balance)
L
GAIN
WHT BAL
SHUTTER
SPEED
AUTO
MANUAL
SEL / PUSH EXEC
MENU
M
H
B
A
PRESET
Indicator
Shooting conditions
A
(Memory A)
B
(Memory B)
•
White balance values
adjusted for light
sources can be stored
in memory A and
memory B. Follow the
steps in “To save the
adjusted white balance
value in memory A or
B” (p. 33).
Outdoor
([OUTDOOR])
•
Recording sunset/
sunrise, just after
sunset or just before
sunrise
•
Recording neon signs
or fireworks
•
Under daylight color
fluorescent lamps
n
Indoor
([INDOOR])
•
Under the lighting
conditions that change
in many ways, such as
a party hall
•
Under strong light
such as in a
photography studio
•
Under sodium lamps
or mercury lamps
Color
temperature
([MANU WB
TEMP])
•
Color temperature can
be set between 2300K
and 15000K (the
default setting is
6500K).
Changing the settings of your camcorder recordings (Continued)