Setting The White Balance - Canon ZR600 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.
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Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
White sheet or paper
(if you select
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1. Set the program selector to
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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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the white balance setting from the options on the bottom
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
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[SET]:
5. Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole
screen and press (00).
• 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.