White Balance - Canon VIXIA GX10 Instruction Manual

White Balance

The white balance function helps you to produce accurate colors under different lighting conditions. This function
can only be used when the shooting mode is set to ', ‚, " or n.
You can also adjust the white balance remotely using Browser Remote on a connected network device (A 111,
116).
Operating modes:
1 Select [ White Balance].
[FUNC] > [
White Balance]
2 Touch the desired option and then touch [X].
• If you selected [ Color Temperature], [
value or register a new custom white balance, continue with the appropriate procedure below instead of
touching [X].
• The icon of the selected option will appear at the left of the screen.
To set the color temperature ([
3 Touch [i].
• An adjustment dial will appear on the screen.
4 Drag your finger along the dial to set the color temperature value.
5 Touch [X].
To set a custom white balance ([
3 Touch [i].
4 Point the camcorder at a gray card or white object so that it fills the frame at the center of the screen
and then touch [Set WB].
• When the Å icon stops flashing, the procedure is completed. The setting is retained even if you turn of f the
camcorder.
5 Touch [X].
Options
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The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.
[ Automatic]:
¼
To record outdoors on a bright day.
[ Daylight]:
É
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Tungsten]:
[ Color Temperature]:
Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.
Set 1], [ Se
[ t 2]:
Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white under colored
lighting.
Set 1] or [
Color Temperature])
Set 1] or [ Set 2])
Set 2] and wish to change the color temperature
White Balance
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