Sony Dcr-hc96 Manual
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DCR-HC36/HC46/HC96
2-659-813-11(1)
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1
Touch the point where you want to fix and
adjust the exposure on the screen.
adjust the exposure on the screen.
appears.
2
Touch [END].
To return the setting to automatic exposure,
touch [AUTO]
touch [AUTO]
t [END].
• If you set [SPOT METER], [EXPOSURE] is
automatically set to [MANUAL].
• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you turn
the power off for more than 12 hours.
You can fix the brightness of a picture
manually. When recording indoors on a
clear day, for instance, 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 instance, 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
.
• You can adjust [EXPOSURE] and [FADER]
while using the viewfinder by having the LCD
panel rotated 180 degrees and closed with the
screen facing out (p. 59).
panel rotated 180 degrees and closed with the
screen facing out (p. 59).
• The setting returns to [AUTO] when you turn
the power off for more than 12 hours.
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.
automatically.
OUTDOOR (
)
The white balance is adjusted to be
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Outdoors
– Night views, neon signs and fireworks
– Sunrise or sunset
– Under daylight fluorescent lamps
– 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:
appropriate for the following recording
conditions:
– Indoors
– At party scenes or studios where the lighting
– 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
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.
• Do not shake your camcorder while
is flashing quickly.
•
flashes slowly if white balance
could not be set.
• If
keeps flashing even after you
have touched
, set [WHITE BAL.]
to [AUTO].
• If you have changed the battery pack while
[AUTO] is selected, taken your camcorder
outdoors or brought it indoors after outside use
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 or brought it indoors after outside use
while using fixed exposure, select [AUTO] and
aim your camcorder at a nearby white object for
about 10 seconds for better color balance
adjustment.
EXPOSURE
WHITE BAL. (White balance)
2
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3
CAMERA SET menu (Continued)