Canon EOS 60D Instruction Manual page 98

Setting the White Balance*
_]_ ,_ If the exposure obtained in step 1 is way off, a correct white balance
might not be obtained
If the image was captured while the Picture Style was set to
[Monochrome] (p.91) or if a Creative filter has been applied to the image
(p.220), it cannot be selected in step 3.
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_, Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card (commercially available) can
produce a more accurate white balance.
The personal white balance registered with the provided software will be
registered under [_._'._].If you do step 3. the data for the registered
personal white balance will be erased.
Q Setting the Color Temperature
You can set the white balance's color temperature numericafly in Kelvin.
This is for advanced users.
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Select [White balance].
® Under the [_:] tab, select [White
balance], then press <__>.
Set the color temperature.
® Select [[_].
® Turn the <_> dial to set the color
temperature, then press <__>.
® The color temperature can be set
from approx. 2500K to 10000K in
100K increments.
_'_ d_ when sett ng the cO Or temperature for an artif C a ghi seurce set wh te
balance correction (magenta or green) as necessary,
_# If you want to set [[_] to the reading taken with a commercially-available
€o!er temperature meter, take test shots and adjust the setting to
compensate for the difference between the color temperature meter!s
reading and the Camera's color temperature reading.
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