Panasonic HDC-HS100 Operating Instructions Manual

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139VQT1U19Explanation of termsAutomatic white balanceWhite balance adjustment recognises the colourof light and adjusts so the white colour willbecome a purer white. The unit determines thehue of light that comes through the lens, therebyjudging the recording condition, and selects theclosest hue setting.This is called automatic white balanceadjustment.However, since the unit only stores white colourinformation under several light sources,automatic white balance adjustment does notfunction normally under other light sources.The illustration above shows the range overwhich the auto white balance functions.1) The effective range of 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 automatic whitebalance adjustment, the image will becomereddish or bluish. Even within the effective rangeof automatic white balance adjustment, theautomatic white balance adjustment may notfunction properly if there is more than one lightsource. For light outside the functional automaticwhite balance adjustment range, use the manualwhite balance adjustment mode.White balance adjustmentWhite balance adjustment determines the whitecolour under different light sources. Byrecognising which is the white colour undersunlight and which is the white colour under afluorescent light, the unit can adjust the balanceamong the other colours.Since the white colour is the reference for all thecolours, the unit can record pictures in a naturalhue if it can recognise the reference colour white.Auto focusThe lens is moved forward or backwardautomatically to bring the subject into focus.Auto focus has the following characteristics.2 Adjusts so that the vertical lines of asubject are seen more clearly.2 Attempts to bring an object with highercontrast into focus.2 Focuses on the screen centre only.Due to these characteristics, auto focus does notwork correctly in the following situations. Recordpictures in the manual focus mode.10 000K9 000K8 000K7 000K6 000K5 000K4 000K3 000K2 000K1 000K2)1)3)4)5)6)7)8)9)10)