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White balance adjustment recognises the colour 
of light and adjusts so the white colour will 
become a pure white. The movie camera 
determines the hue of light that comes through 
the lens and white balance sensor, thereby 
judging the recording condition, and selects the 
closest hue setting. This is called automatic white 
balance adjustment. However, since the movie 
camera only stores white colour information 
under several light sources, automatic white 
balance adjustment does not function normally 
under the other light sources. 

Outside of the effective range of automatic white 
balance adjustment, the image will become 
reddish or bluish. Even within the effective range 
of automatic white balance adjustment, the 
automatic white balance adjustment may not 
function properly if there is more than one light 
source. For light outside the functional auto white 
balance adjustment range, use the manual white 
balance adjustment mode.
1) The effective range of automatic white 

balance adjustment on this movie camera

2) Blue sky
3) TV screen 
4) Cloudy sky (rain)
5) Sunlight
6) White fluorescent lamp
7) 2 hours after sunrise or before sunset
8) 1 hour after sunrise or before sunset
9) Halogen light bulb
10) Incandescent light bulb
11) Sunrise or sunset
12) Candlelight

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The image recorded by the movie camera may 
become bluish or reddish under the influence of 
light sources. To avoid such phenomena, adjust 
the white balance.
White balance adjustment determines the white 
colour under different light sources. By 
recognizing which is the white colour under 
sunlight and which is the white colour under a 
fluorescent lamp, the movie camera can adjust 
the balance among the other colours.
Since white colour is the reference of all colours 
(light), the movie camera can record pictures in a 
natural hue if it can recognise the reference white 
colour. 

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Auto focus automatically moves the focusing lens 
forward and backward inside the movie camera to 
bring the subject into focus.
Auto focus has the following characteristics.
≥Adjusts so that the vertical lines of a subject are 

seen more clearly.

≥Attempts to bring an object with higher contrast 

into focus.

≥Focuses on the screen centre only.
Due to these characteristics, auto focus does not 
work correctly in the following situations. Record 
pictures in the manual focus mode.
Recording a subject with one end located 
closer to the movie camera and the other end 
farther away from it

≥As auto focus adjusts at the centre of an 

image, it may be impossible to focus on a 
subject that is located in both the foreground 
and background.

≥The subject behind the glass will not be 

focused because the focus is on the dirty glass.

≥The recording subject may become blurry 

because the movie camera focuses on the 
objects with glossy surfaces or on highly 
reflective objects.

≥The movie camera cannot focus correctly 

because the light information that comes 
through the lens decreases considerably.

≥As the focus lens-inside moves mechanically, 

it cannot keep up with a fast-moving subject.

≥A subject with little contrast, such as a white 

wall, may become blurry because the movie 
camera achieves focus based upon the 
vertical lines of an image.

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