White Balance
You can adjust the color balance to the recording environment.
- - [ Camera/Mic] - [ Manual Settings] - [White Balance] - desired setting.
Descriptions of menu items
- (Auto) (default setting):
- The white balance is adjusted automatically.
- If you have changed the battery pack while [Auto] was selected, or taken this product outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim this product at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for better color balance adjustment.
- (Outdoor):
- The white balance is appropriately adjusted for the following recording conditions:
- Outdoors
- Night views, neon signs and fireworks
- Sunrise or sunset
- Under daylight fluorescent lamps
- (Indoor):
- The white balance is appropriately adjusted 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):
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The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light.
- Select .
- Keep framing white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the LCD monitor under the same lighting conditions as you will shoot the subject.
- Select .
If the lighting conditions changed by bringing this product outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [One Push] procedure to readjust the white balance.
Hint
- You can check the currently selected color balance on the LCD monitor with the color chart.
Note
- Set [White Balance] to [Auto] or adjust the color in [One Push] under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.
- While you are recording a movie, cannot be set.
- If you set [White Balance], [Scene Selection] is set to [Auto].