Using The Custom White Balance - Canon PowerShot A630 User Manual

Custom
The white balance setting cannot be adjusted when
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
the following situations that are difficult for the
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)
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FUNC. Menu
See Menus and Settings (p. 18).
* Default setting.
For recording with the optimal white balance data
retained in the camera from a white-colored
object, such as white paper or cloth.
(Custom) white balance reading for
* (Auto)
or
(Auto)
(Custom).
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