Operating Guide

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HDR-HC3
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Using the Menu
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• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you set the
POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12
hours.
You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. When recording indoors on a
clear day, for instance, you can avoid
backlight shadows on people next to the
window by fixing the exposure to that of
the wall side of the room.
1 Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
2 Adjust the exposure by touching /
.
3 Touch .
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO] t .
• You can also adjust the setting manually using
the CAM CTRL dial (p. 72).
• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you set the
POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12
hours.
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
B AUTO
The white balance is adjusted
automatically.
OUTDOOR ( )
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (n)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the lighting
conditions change quickly
– Under video lamps in a studio, or under
sodium lamps or incandescent-like color
lamps
ONE PUSH ( )
The white balance will be adjusted
according to the ambient light.
1 Touch [ONE PUSH].
2 Frame a white object such as a piece of
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot
the subject.
3 Touch [ ].
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops
flashing.
•Do not shake your camcorder while
is flashing quickly.
• flashes slowly if white balance
could not be set.
•If keeps flashing even after you
have touched , set [WHITE BAL.] to
[AUTO].
• If you have changed the battery pack while
[AUTO] is selected, taken your camcorder
outdoors or brought it indoors after outside use
while using fixed exposure, select [AUTO] and
aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for
about 10 seconds for better color balance
adjustment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure if you change
the [PROGRAM AE] settings, or bring your
camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or
vice versa.
• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSH]
under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.
• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you set the
POWER switch to OFF (CHG) for more than 12
hours.
EXPOSURE
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
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