Setting The White Balance - Canon DCD CAMCORDER Instruction Manual

Setting the White Balance

You can choose one of the preset settings to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a
custom white balance to obtain the setting best suited to your specific recording
conditions.
To change the operating mode, refer to About the Operating Modes (
Mode switch:
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Options
[ AUTO]
[ DAYLIGHT]
[ SHADE]
[ CLOUDY]
[ TUNGSTEN]
[ FLUORESCENT]
[ FLUORESCENT H] For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)
[ SET]
FUNC.
White Balance icon
FUNC.
Desired option*
* To set the custom white balance when you select [
1. Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole
screen and press (
Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until
FUNC.
2. Press
Depending on the type of fluorescent light, optimal color balance may not be
obtained with [
unnatural, adjust it using [
When you have set the custom white balance:
- Depending on the light source,
better than with [
- Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.
- Turn off the digital zoom.
The camcorder retains the custom white balance setting even if you turn it off.
AUTO
Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this
setting for outdoor scenes.
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
For recording in shaded places.
For recording on a cloudy day.
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
fluorescent lighting.
Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
).
to save the setting and close the menu.
FLUORESCENT] or [
AUTO] or [
AUTO].
SET]:
stops flashing.
FLUORESCENT H]. If the color looks
SET].
may keep flashing. The result will still be
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