Image Effects - Canon DC22 Instruction Manual

Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color .........- - - - - - - - - - - -
- Turn off the digital zoom .
• The camcorder retains the custom white
balance setting even if you turn it off.
• Custom white balance may provide better
results in the following cases:
- Changing lighting conditions
- Close-ups
- Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)
- Under mercury lamps and certain types of
fluorescent lights
Q)NOTEs-----·-·------··---·--·-~
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FUNC.I ¢
Icon of the currently selected
White Balance
(CD 13)
• Default value
POINTS TO CHECK
Softens the details in the skin tone area for
a more complimentary appearance. To
obtain the best effect, use this setting
when recording a person in close-up. Note
that areas similar to the skin color may lack
in detail.
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Mode switch:
P
Options
Image Effects
You can record with different color
saturation and contrast effects.
FUNe.
Use the custom white balance setting to
make white subjects appear white under
colored lighting.
• Depending on the type of fluorescent light,
optimal color balance may not be obtained with
[~
FLUORESCENT] or
[~
FLUORESCENT
H]. If the color looks unnatural, adjust it using
[AW~
AUTO] or [to,.-Ll SET].
• When you have set the custom white balance:
- Depending on the light source, to,.-Ll may keep
flashing. The result will still be better than with
[AW~AUTO].
- Reset the white balance when the lighting
condition changes.
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(CO
27)
[FUNC.]
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Desired option*
* When you select [to,.-Ll SET], do not press
I
FUNC·I
and continue instead with the
procedure below.
To
SET THE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE
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
to,.-Ll
stops flashing.
2
Press
(FUNC.]
to save the setting and
close the menu.