Sony DCR-TRV40 User Manual

You can manually adjust and set the white balance. This adjustment makes white
subjects look white and allows more natural color balance. Normally white balance is
automatically adjusted.

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV50

only). Press MENU, then select WHT BAL in 

 with the SEL/PUSH EXEC

dial (p. 200).

(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired white balance, then press

dial.

HOLD :
Recording a single-colored subject or background

 OUTDOOR :

•When recording a sunset/sunrise, just after sunset, just before sunrise, neon

signs, or fireworks

•Under a color-matching fluorescent lamp

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 INDOOR :

•Where lighting condition changes quickly
•Excessively bright places such as studios
•Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps

Set WHT BAL to AUTO in the menu settings.

If the picture is being taken in a studio lit by TV lighting
We recommend that you record in the INDOOR.

When you record under fluorescent lighting
Use the automatic white balance or HOLD.
Your camcorder may not adjust the white balance correctly in the INDOOR.

In the automatic white balance
Point your camcorder at a white subject for about 10 seconds after setting the POWER
switch to CAMERA to get a better adjustment when:
– You detach the battery for replacement.
– You take your camcorder outdoors from inside a house holding the exposure, or vice

versa.

In the HOLD white balance
Set the white balance to AUTO and reset to HOLD after a few seconds when:
– You change the PROGRAM AE.
– You take your camcorder outdoors from inside a house, or vice versa.

[MENU] : END

MANUAL  SET
  P  EFFECT
  FLASH  LVL
  WHT  BAL
  N.S.  LIGHT
  AUTO  SHTR
    RETURN

AUTO
HOLD
OUTDOOR
INDOOR

STBY