Setting The White Balance - Canon ZR500 Instruction Manual

Setting the White Balance
You can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white
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balance to obtain the optimal setting.
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AUTO
Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
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DAYLIGHT
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
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TUNGSTEN For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
r:::,.-L:lSET Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
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Joystick
White sheet or paper
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1. Set the program selector to
[E).
2. Press the FUNC. button to open the FUNC. menu.
3. With the joystick
select
(£.T) the white balance icon.
4. Select ( ....
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bar.
If you select a white balance setting other than
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[SET], continue to directly to step 6.
To set the custom white balance when you select
b.-LJ
[SET]:
5. Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole
screen and press (€ID).
• Keep the camcorder zoomed in at the white object until step 6 is completed.
• The"
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icon flashes and stops flashing when the adjustment is completed.
6. Press the FUNC. button to save the setting and close the menu.
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