Using The Custom White Balance - Canon POWERSHOT A630 User Manual

[] Custom For recording with the optimal white balance data
retained in the camera from a white-colored
object, such as wh te paper or c oth.
is selected for My Colors.
Using the Custom White Balance
You can set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal
setting for the shooting conditions by having the camera
evaluate an object, such as a piece of white paper or cloth, or
a photo-quality gray card that you wish to establish as the
standard white color.
In particular, take a [] (Custom) white balance reading for
the following situations that are difficult for the _ (Auto)
setting to detect correctly.
• Shooting close-ups (Macro)
• Shooting subjects of monotone color (such as sky, sea or
forest)
• Shooting with a particular source of light (such as a
mercury-vapor lamp)
Menu _ _* (Auto)_ m (CUstom).
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Default setting,
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