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'Auto' will usually produce useable results, or at least ones which can be improved later in editing, however it is best and easiest to set it manually when the recording is taking place.
'Auto' will usually produce useable results, or at least ones which can be improved later in editing, however it is best and easiest to set it manually when the recording is taking place.


To set white balance manually on an HD camera, press the menu button on the screen.  Select 'custom', 'user', 'manual' or whatever button indicates that it is set by the camera operator.  '''Crucially''' you also have to set the new white balance.  Get something truly white to occupy the '''whole''' of the screen.  Then press the button on the screen which  looks like a square above two triangles, keep the camera steady until it's finished changing the white balance.  You can now exit the menu.
To set white balance manually on an HD camera, press the menu button on the screen.  Select 'White Balance', then 'one push' to set it.  '''Crucially''' you also have to set the new white balance.  Get something truly white (EG white balance card, or thick white paper on a clipboard) to occupy the '''whole''' of the screen at the position your subject will be.  Then press the button on the screen which  looks like a square above two triangles, keep the camera steady until it's finished changing the white balance.  You can now exit the menu.


== Focus ==
== Focus ==