User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Usage Instructions
- Highlights of the XC10
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparations
- 3. Recording
- Recording Video and Taking Photos
- Video Configuration: Movie Format (MXF/MP4), Resolution (4K/HD), Frame Rate and Bit Rate
- Shooting Modes
- Automatic Gain and ISO Limits
- Exposure
- Light Metering Mode
- White Balance
- Using Looks
- Zooming
- Adjusting the Focus
- Image Stabilizer
- Onscreen Markers and Zebra Patterns
- Setting the Time Code
- User Bit
- Recording Audio
- Using Commercially Available Microphones
- Audio Scenes (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Recording Level
- Wind Screen (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (Built-in Microphone)
- Audio Equalizer (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Directionality (Built-in Microphone)
- Microphone Attenuator (External Microphone)
- Low Cut Filter (External Microphone)
- Switching the Input
- Audio Limiter
- Audio Compressor
- Monitoring the Audio with Headphones
- Colors Bars/Audio Reference Signal
- Recording GPS Information (Geotagging)
- Slow & Fast Motion Mode
- Pre-recording Mode
- Interval Recording Mode
- Self Timer
- Orientation Detection
- Using an Optional Speedlite Flash
- 4. Customization
- 5. Playback
- Playback
- Playing Back Recordings
- Changing the Index Screen
- Onscreen Icons and Displays during Playback
- Playback Controls during Clip Playback
- Playback Controls during Photo Playback
- Adjusting the Volume
- Displaying Clip Information
- Playing an HD-sized Clip from a 4K Clip
- Capturing Photos from 4K Clips (4K Frame Grab) and HD Clips
- Magnifying Photos during Playback
- Deleting Recordings
- Playback
- 6. External Connections
- 7. Wi-Fi Functions
- 8. Additional Information
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White Balance
Menus
Table of Contents Index
White Balance
The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting conditions.
1 Touch [FUNC.] and then touch [White Balance].
2 Select the desired option and then touch [X].
• When you select [È Color Temperature], [ Set 1] or [ Set 2], set the color temperature or a custom
white balance with the appropriate procedure below before touching [X].
To set the color temperature ([È Color Temperature])
1Touch [ ].
• The color temperature adjustment dial will appear on the bottom of the screen.
2 Drag your finger left/right along the dial to select the desired value.
• You can also push the joystick left/right to adjust the setting.
3Touch [K].
To set a custom white balance ([ Set 1] or [ Set 2])
1 Point the camcorder at a gray card or white object so it fills the whole screen.
2 Touch [ ] and then touch [Set WB].
• During the procedure, Å will flash quickly. When it stops flashing, the procedure is completed and the
setting will be applied on the camcorder.
3Touch [K].
Options
* Indicates a preset white balance option.
NOTES
• When recording a clip, you can use the [v Camera Setup] > [1] > [Shockless WB] setting (A 136) to
make the transition look smoother when you change the white balance settings.
• When you select a custom white balance:
- Readjust the custom white balance if the light source or ND filter setting changes.
- Depending on the light source, Å may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with [ Automatic].
Operating modes:
[ Automatic]: The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.
[¼ Daylight]*: To record outdoors on a bright day.
[½ Shade]*: To record in shaded places.
[¾ Cloudy]*: To record on a cloudy day.
[¿ Fluorescent]*: To record under warm white, cool white or warm-white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent
lighting.
[ Fluorescent H]*: To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[É Tungsten]*: To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Flash]*: To record when using an optional Speedlite. Available in mode only.
[È Color Temperature]*: Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.
[ Set 1], [ Set 2]: Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white under colored
lighting.