Sony DCR-SX20E User Manual

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WHITE FADER
Fades in/out with the white effect.
Out
In
BLACK FADER
Fades in/out with the black effect.
Out
In
To cancel the fader before starting the 
operation, select [OFF].
Tips
When you press START/STOP, the setting is 
cleared.
A movie recorded using [BLACK FADER] may 
be difficult to see in the VISUAL INDEX screen.
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
You can adjust the color balance to the 
brightness of the recording environment.
 AUTO
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
OUTDOOR ( )
The white balance is appropriately adjusted 
for the following recording conditions:
  Outdoors
  Night views, neon signs and fireworks
  Sunrise or sunset
  Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR ()
The white balance is appropriately adjusted 
for the following recording conditions:
  Indoors
  At party scenes or studios where the 
lighting conditions change quickly
  Under video lamps in a studio, or under 
sodium lamps or incandescent-like color 
lamps
ONE PUSH (
)
The white balance will be adjusted 
according to the ambient light.
 Select [ONE PUSH].
 Frame a white object such as a piece of 
paper, to fill the screen under the same 
lighting conditions as you will shoot the 
subject.
 Select [
].
 flashes quickly. When the white 
balance has been adjusted and stored in the 
memory, the indicator stops flashing.
Notes
Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or adjust the 
color in [ONE PUSH] under white or cool 
white fluorescent lamps.
When you select [ONE PUSH], keep framing 
white objects while 
 is flashing quickly.
 flashes slowly if [ONE PUSH] could not 
be set.
When [ONE PUSH] was selected, if 
 keeps 
flashing after selecting 
, set [WHITE 
BAL.] to [AUTO].
If you set [WHITE BAL.], [SCENE 
SELECTION] is set to [AUTO].
Tips
If you have changed the battery pack while 
[AUTO] was selected, or taken your camcorder 
outdoors after inside use (or vice versa), aim 
your camcorder at a nearby white object for 
about 10 seconds for better color balance 
adjustment.
When the white balance has been set with 
[ONE PUSH], if the lighting conditions 
changed by bringing your camcorder outdoors