Video 77
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.
• Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro-
grams.
* When you select [g Custom WB], set the custom white balance with the follow-
ing procedure before touching [a].
To set the custom white balance
Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen,
and touch [Set WB].
When the adjustment is completed,
g stops flashing and disappears.
The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
Options
(
Default value)
Operating modes:
[Y Automatic]
The camcorder automatically sets the white bal-
ance for natural looking colors.
[a Daylight] To record outdoors on a bright day.
[b Shade] To record in shaded places.
[c Cloudy] To record on a cloudy day.
[e Fluorescent] To record under warm white, cool white or warm-
white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[f Fluorescent H] To record under daylight or daylight-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[d Tungsten] To record under tungsten and tungsten-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[g Custom WB] Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored lighting.
[FUNC.] 8 [m White Balance] 8 Desired option* 8 [a]
