Adjusting The White Balance - Canon PowerShot SX40 HS User Manual

Adjusting the White Balance

The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural
looking colors to match the shooting conditions.
Auto
Day Light
Cloudy
Tungsten
Fluorescent
Fluorescent H
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Flash
Custom
Custom White Balance
You can adjust the white balance to match the light source at the shooting
location. Make sure that you set the white balance under the light source of
the actual scene you will shoot.
If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the tone
may not turn out properly.
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Choose the white balance function.
After pressing the m button, press the
op buttons to choose
Choose an option.
Press the qr buttons or turn the 5 dial to
choose an option, then press the m button.
The setting will appear on the screen.
Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting conditions.
For shooting outdoors, in fine weather conditions.
For shooting in cloudy, shady or twilight conditions.
For shooting under tungsten and bulb-type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
For shooting under warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent
and warm-white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
For shooting under daylight fluorescent and daylight-type (3-
wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
For shooting with the flash.
For manually setting a custom white balance.
In Step 2 above, choose
Make sure the entire screen is filled with a
plain, white colored subject, then press the
l button.
The tint on the screen will change when
white balance data is set.
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