White Balance - Canon XH A1S Instruction Manual

White Balance

The camcorder uses an electronic white balance process to calibrate the picture for accurate color
display under different lighting conditions. In addition to the fully automated mode, white balance
modes include an indoor mode, an outdoor mode, a color temperature setting and two user-defined
custom preset values.
White balance setting
AWB Automatic adjustment of white balance.
(outdoor) Bright sunlight (5,600 K).
(indoor) Incandescent light (3,200 K).
(color temperature) Setting depending on the hue of a specific lighting (2,000 - 15,000 K in 100 K increments).
Custom Preset A, B Custom preset (3,200 - 5,600 K).
Selecting the Automatic White Balance
Set the AWB switch to ON.
Selecting One of the Preset Modes
1. Set the dial to a recording mode
other than .
2. Set the AWB switch to OFF and the WHITE
BAL. switch to PRE.
3. Set the WHITE BAL. PRESET switch to
or .
You can also fine-tune the preset
Press the WHITE BAL.
starts flashing and the neutral value ±0 appears next
to it. Adjust the white balance with the
value between -9 and +9 and press the WHITE BAL.
button again.
Use
/ settings.
button so the preset icon
dial to a
AWB switch
AWB switch
WHITE BAL.
PRESET switch
WHITE BAL.
WHITE BAL.
button
switch
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