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Last Updated : 28-Aug-2007
Issue Number : 8000418101
Category : Image quality
Description : Setting the White Balance
Setting a Custom White Balance


　
You can set the white balance using a white sheet or paper as the baseline.
This method is suitable for when you want to set an accurate white balance or in other situations where other settings are fixed and the hue is not adjustable.
Using the custom white balance is adviseable when shooting under the following conditions:
　
- When shooting in lighting conditions that change suddenly.
- When shooting close-ups.
- When shooting subjects in a single color (sky, sea, forests, etc.).
- When shooting under mercury lamps or certain types of fluorescent lights.
　　

　
Notes
- Please readjust the custom white balance if you turn the build-in ND filter on/off.
- The following custom preset settings take precedence, and will override the white balance set with the procedure above: The Color Matrix setting, the 3 R/G/B Gain settings, and the 6 R/G/B Matrix settings.


　
　
Setting the White Balance
　
You can register maximum two custom preset white balance settings.
As long as the built-in rechargeable lithium battery is charged, the camcorder retains the custom white balance settings even if you turn it off.
Therefore, you can use the registered custom white balance settings again when shooting again under the same conditions.
　　

　
Set the Power dial to a recording program other than (Easy Recording).
　
Set the AWB switch to OFF.
　
Set the WHITE BAL. switch one of the custom presets, A or B.
　
Point the camcorder at a white object and zoom in until it fills the whole screen.
* Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until this operation is completed.
　
Press the WHITE BAL. (SET) button.
A or B will flash quickly, and will stop flashing and stay on when the setting is completed.
　　
* Very rarely and depending on the light source, A or B may not stay on (change from flashing quickly to flashing slowly). You can keep shooting because this white balance setting is more accurate than the auto setting.

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