Custom White Balance Setting - Canon BP-511 Instructions Manual

Custom White Balance Setting

Custom white balance lets you set the white balance yourself by photographing a white subject
to use as the basis for the camera's white balance, and then selecting that picture for use as
white balance data.
Partial metering zone
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1 Photograph a white subject.
Take a picture of a white subject, just as
you would take a normal picture.
Frame the shot so that the white subject fills the
entire partial metering zone in the viewfinder.
This picture can be taken using any mode ( 16).
Photograph a white subject so that a standard
exposure is obtained. If the picture is underex-
posed or overexposed, the correct white balance
might not be obtained.
From the menu, select [Custom
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WB].
Press the < MENU> button.
Turn the < > dial to select [Custom WB],
then press the <
Select the image.
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Turn the < > dial to select the picture you
took in step 1, then press the <
When the setting is entered, the screen
returns to the menu.
Press the < MENU> button to clear the
screen and exit the menu.
AF
4 Press the <
WB
5 Select the white balance.
Turn the < > dial to select <
The custom white balance is entered.
> button.
> button.
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