- Hewlett-Packard Camcorder User Manual

Whi_e bamance
Different kinds of lighting conditions cast different colors. For
example, sunlight is more blue, while indoor tungsten light is
more yellow. Scenes dominated by a single color may require
an adjustment of the white balance setting to help the camera
reproduce colors more accurately and ensure that whites
appear white in the final picture. You can also adjust the white
balance to produce creative effects. Using the Sun or Tungsten
settings can produce a warmer look to the picture, and the
Shade setting can make a sunset picture look more orange.
I In the CQp_uremenu, select White Balance.
2 In the Wh[_e Balance menu, use
the ,_ v Buttons to select a
setting. The new setting is applied
to the LiveView screen Behind the
menu, so you should be able to
seethe effect the setting will have
on the picture.
3 PressOK to save the setting and return to the Capture menu.
Thefollowing table helps explain the settings in more detail.
None Auto iCamera automatically identifies and
icorrects for scene illuminance. Thisis the
idefault setting, and the white balance is
iresetto Aufe when you turn the camera
off.
.:_:. Sun iCamera balances color assuming it is
• ioutdoors under sun or bright cloudy
conditions.
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