Manual
Exposure
Adjustment
At times, backlit subjects may appear
too dark (underexposed) or subjects
under very strong lights may appear too
bright or glaring (overexposed).
To
correct this, you can manually adjust the
exposure.
4 Push the joystick (... ) toward
[NEXn
to lock and save the
exposure setting.
If
you operate the zoom during
exposure lock, the brightness
of
the
image may change.
White
Balance
(CD
21)
• Default value
Options
Use
the
custom
white
balance
setting
to
make
white
SUbjects
appear
white
under
colored
lighting.
•
POINTS
TO
CHECK
Mode switch: [f) (except for the Special
Scene recording programs)
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.
(CD
21)
POINTS
TO
CHECK
Mode switch: [f) (except for the
[IIIFIREWORKS] recording program).
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...
1 If the joystick guide does not
appear
on
screen, press ® to
display it.
If
[EXP]
does not appear on the
joystick guide, repeatedly push the
joystick
(T)
toward
[NEXT]
to display
it.
2 Push the joystick
(A)
toward
[EXP).
The exposure adjustment indicator
0-1-0
and the neutral value "±O"
appear on the screen.
3 Adjust
(~~)
the brightness of the
image as required.
• The adjustment range and the
length
of
the exposure adjustment
indicator will vary depending on the
initial brightness
of
the picture.
• Pushing the joystick
(A)
toward
[EXP]
again will cancel the
exposure lock and return the
camcorder
to
automatic exposure.
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Video