Sony CX560V User Manual
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Camera/Mic
(Items for customized
shooting)
shooting)
See “Using menus” (p. 72) on the operation.
The default settings are marked with .
White Balance
You can adjust the color balance to 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.
Touch [
].
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.
Touch [
].
Notes
Set [White Balance] 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 the camcorder is recording a movie,
is grayed out and [One Push] cannot be set.
If you set [White Balance], [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 from inside
the house, or vice versa, you need to redo the
[One Push] procedure to readjust the white
balance.
Spot Meter/Fcs (Spot meter/
focus)
focus)
You can adjust the brightness and focus for
the selected subject simultaneously. This
function enables you to use [Spot Meter]
time.
Touch the subject of which you want to
adjust the brightness and focus.
To adjust the brightness and focus
automatically, touch [Auto].