Panasonic DVD Palmcoder VDR-D250 Operating Instructions Manual

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Explanation of termsAutomatic white balanceWhite balance adjustment recognizes the colorof light and adjusts so the white color willbecome a purer white. The unit determines thehue of light that comes through the lens andwhite balance sensor, thereby judging therecording condition, and selects the closest huesetting.This is called automatic white balanceadjustment.However, since the unit only stores white colorinformation under several light sources,automatic white balance adjustment does notfunction normally under other light sources.Explanation of termsadjustment range, use the manual whitebalance adjustment mode.White balanceThe images recorded by the unit may becomebluish or reddish under the influence of certainlight sources. To avoid such phenomena, adjustthe white balance.White balance adjustment determines the whitecolor under different light sources. Byrecognizing which is the white color undersunlight and which is the white color under afluorescent light, the unit can adjust thebalance among the other colors.Since the white color is the reference for all thecolors (that make up light), the unit can recordpictures in a natural hue if it can recognize thereference color white.The illustration above shows the range overwhich the auto white balance functions.1) The effective range d automatic whitebalance adjustment on this unit2) Blue sky3) Cloudy sky (rain)4) TV screen5) Sunlight6) White fluorescent lamp7) Halogen light bulb8) Incandescent light bulb9) Sunrise or sunset10) CandlelightOutside of the effective range of automaticwhite balance adjustment, the image willbecome reddish or bluish. Even within theeffective range of automatic white balanceadjustment, the automatic white balanceadjustment may not function properly if there ismore than one light source. For light outsidethe functional automatic white balanceO163LSQT_01 !