VQT3P35 89ADVANCED OPERATION/SHOOTINGWhite balance setting (page 53)This camera automatically adjusts the white balance under most lightingconditions. However, if you want to specify the lighting conditions or changethe overall tone of the image, the white balance can be manually set.How to use the “white set”1 Fill the entire screen with a plain white card (or piece of paper, etc.).2 Select the icon, and press the SET button.h This completes the white balance setting.h The LCD monitor display momentarily goes dark, and then you arereturned to the Recording Menu. If the icon shows on theRecording Menu, it indicates that the white balance setting wascompleted.HINTTo cancel the white balance settingi Select >, and then press the SET button.If the color or brightness of the screen changes, if bands appear on thescreen, or if the LCD monitor flickers during indoor photography...i When shooting under fluorescent lighting, sodium-vapor lighting, mercurylighting, etc., the color and/or brightness of the screen may change, orhorizontal bands may appear across the screen. This is not a malfunction.Reset the white balance in the following cases.h When there is a change in the lighting, or the recording location ischangedi If the colors in the image are not correct, confirm that the white balancesetting matches the actual light source.
