User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Basic operations
- Advanced operations
- Using alternative power sources
- Changing the mode settings
- Photo recording
- Shooting with all the pixels ミ PROG. SCAN
- Using the FADER function
- Shooting with backlighting
- Using the wide mode function
- Enjoying picture effect
- Recording with various effects ミ digital effect
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Using the PROGRAM AE function
- Focusing manually
- Interval recording
- Cut recording
- Superimposing a title
- Making a custom title
- Labeling a cassette
- Watching on a TV screen
- Viewing the picture with the picture effect
- Viewing the picture with the digital effect
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ミ date search
- Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with title ミ title search
- Searching for a photo ミ photo search/photo scan
- Returning to a pre-registered position
- Displaying recording data ミ data code function
- Editing onto another tape
- Editing partially on a mini DV tape ミ DV synchro-editing
- Recording from a VCR or TV
- Replacing recording on a tape ミ insert editing
- Audio dubbing
- Memory card slot operations
- Using the memory card slot ミ introduction
- Recording an image from a mini DV tape as a still image
- Copying still images from a mini DV tape ミ photo save
- Recording still images on PC cards (not supplied) ミ memory photo recording
- Viewing a still picture ミ memory photo playback
- Preventing accidental erasure ミ PROTECT
- Deleting images
- Copying the image recorded with the memory card slot to mini DV tapes
- Playing back images in a continuous loop ミ SLIDE SHOW
- Additional information
- Usable cassettes and playback modes
- Charging the vanadium-lithium battery in the camcorder
- Resetting the date and time
- Simple setting of clock by time difference
- Tips for using the battery pack
- Maintenance information and precautions
- Using your camcorder abroad
- Trouble check
- Self-diagnosis function
- Specifications
- Identifying the parts
- Warning indicators
- Index
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Shooting with manual adjustment
Adjusting the white balance
White balance adjustment makes white subjects look white and allows more natural color
balance for camera recording. Normally white balance is automatically adjusted. You can
obtain better results by adjusting the white balance manually when lighting conditions
change quickly or when recording outdoors: e.g., neon signs, fireworks.
(1) Set AUTO LOCK selector to the center (auto lock release) position while the
camcorder is in Standby mode.
(2) Press WHT BAL. The white balance indicator appears on the LCD screen or in the
viewfinder.
(3) Turn the control dial to select the appropriate white balance mode under the
following conditions. As you turn the dial, the display changes as follows:
∑ (One-push white balance) ˜ w (Outdoor) ˜ e (Indoor).
Display Shooting conditions
∑ •Adjusting the white balance according to the light source.
This operation is not available during recording. Follow the steps
described on the next page to adjust the settings again.
w (Outdoor) •Recording a sunset/sunrise, just after sunset, just before sunrise,
neon signs, or fireworks
•Under a color matching fluorescent lamp
e (Indoor) •Lighting condition changes quickly
•Too bright place such as photography studios
•Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps
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AUTO
LOCK
HOLD
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WHT BAL