Setting The White Balance - Canon MVX1i Instruction Manual

Setting the White Balance

You can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white
balance to obtain the optimal setting.
AUTO
DAYLIGHT
SHADE
CLOUDY
TUNGSTEN
FLUORESECENT
FLUORESCENT H
SET
Mode dial
SET dial
FUNC. button
Available only in the
( 50)
1. Set the mode dial to
2. Press the FUNC. button and after selecting the White Balance symbol
press the SET dial.
3. Turn the SET dial to choose the desired setting and press the SET dial.
The symbol of the current setting is displayed.
4. When you have selected [
object, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press the SET dial.
• Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 5 is completed.
• flashes and stops flashing when adjustment is complete.
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Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
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.
For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
Zoom lever
and
AUTO
.
modes.
SET]: Point the camcorder at a white
White sheet or paper