Sony DCR-SR80E User Manual
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Usi
n
n
You can fix the brightness of an image
manually. When recording indoors on a clear
day, for example, you can avoid backlight
shadows on people next to the window by
fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of
the room.
manually. When recording indoors on a clear
day, for example, you can avoid backlight
shadows on people next to the window by
fixing the exposure to that of the wall side of
the room.
1
Touch [MANUAL].
appears.
2
Adjust the exposure by touching
/
.
3
Touch .
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO]
touch [AUTO]
t
.
• The setting returns to [AUTO] after you remove
the power source for more than five minutes.
You can adjust the color balance to the
brightness of the recording environment.
brightness of the recording environment.
B
AUTO
The white balance is adjusted automatically.
OUTDOOR (
)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
INDOOR (n)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the
lighting conditions change quickly
– Under the video lamps of those at a studio,
or under sodium lamps or incandescent-
like color lamps
like color lamps
ONE PUSH (
)
The white balance will be adjusted
according to the ambient light.
according to the ambient light.
1
Touch [ONE PUSH].
2
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.
paper, to fill the screen under the same
lighting conditions as you will shoot the
subject.
3
Touch [
].
flashes quickly. When the white
balance has been adjusted and stored in
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
the memory, the indicator stops flashing.
• Keep framing white object while
is
flashing quickly.
•
flashes slowly if white balance could
not be set.
•
keeps flashing even after you have
touched
, set [WHITE BAL.] to
[AUTO].
• When you have changed the battery pack while
[AUTO] is selected, or you bring your camcorder
outdoors from inside the house while using fixed
exposure, select [AUTO] and aim your camcorder
at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for
better color balance adjustment.
outdoors from inside the house while using fixed
exposure, select [AUTO] and aim your camcorder
at a nearby white object for about 10 seconds for
better color balance adjustment.
• Redo the [ONE PUSH] procedure if you change
the [PROGRAM AE] settings, or bring your
camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice
versa during the [ONE PUSH] is set to on.
camcorder outdoors from inside the house, or vice
versa during the [ONE PUSH] is set to on.
• Set [WHITE BAL.] to [AUTO] or [ONE PUSH]
under white or cool white fluorescent lamps.
• The setting returns to [AUTO] after you remove
the power source for more than five minutes.
EXPOSURE
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
AUTO
MANUAL
OK
EXPOSURE: MANUAL
STBY
60min