White Balance

You can adjust the color balance to the recording environment.
  1. [Camera/Mic] [Manual Settings] [White Balance].

  1. Select the desired setting.


(Auto)
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
If you have changed the battery pack while [Auto] was selected, or taken your camcorder outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim your camcorder 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)
The white balance will be adjusted according to the ambient light.
  1. Select [].

  1. Keep framing white object such as a piece of paper, to fill the screen under the same lightning conditions as you will shoot the subject.

  1. Select [].

If the lighting conditions changed by bringing your camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the [One Push] procedure to readjust the white balance.

Notes
  • 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, (One Push) cannot be set.

  • If you set [White Balance], [Scene Selection] is set to [Auto].