Setting the White Balance The camcorder uses an electronic white balance process to calibrate the picture for accurate color display in different lighting conditions (i.e. sunlight versus indoor incandescent.) Automated white balance settings include a fully automated mode, an indoor mode and an outdoor mode. In addition, you can set the white balance manually and save up to three white balance presets that can be reused for non-sequential shooting.
EVF Black & White Mode The image on the screen will be shown in black & white (on-screen displays and indicators will still be displayed in color ). Press the button again to return to color display.
The XL H1 can record High Definition video at 1080i (1920 x 1080 pixels via HD-SDI using 4:2:2 color sampling) or HDV 1080i (1440 x 1080 via IEEE-1394 or HDV tape) or standard definition NTSC compatible at 480i (720 X 480 pixels). 720P high definition mode is not supported. The HDV standard supports recording using color sampling of 4:2:0
This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction. For example on a 2.0 inch color LCD panel with 115,000 pixels .01% equals 11.5 pixels.
STANDBY Button This shuts the power down to the camera and VCR sections while maintaining the camera settings. The camcorder retains the settings of exposure lock and color bars. Press the <STANDBY