54Setting the White BalanceYou can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom whitebalance to obtain the optimal setting.1. Set the camcorder to CAMERA• or CAMERA• mode.2. Set the mode dial to mode other than or .3. Press the FUNC. button.4. Select the white balance symbol followed by the setting option.5. When you have selected [ SET]: Point the camcorder at a whiteobject, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press the SET dial.• Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 5 is completed.• flashes and stops flashing when adjustment is complete.6. Press the FUNC. button.AUTO Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.DAYLIGHT For recording outdoors on a bright day.SHADE For recording in shaded places.CLOUDY For recording on a cloudy day.TUNGSTEN For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)fluorescent lighting.FLUORESECENT For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white type(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.FLUORESCENT H For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)fluorescent lighting.SET Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjectsappear white under colored lighting.( 52) AUTOFUNC. buttonWhite sheet or paperMode dialSET dialZoom lever
