White Balance - Canon HG-10 Quick Reference Manual

WHITE BALANCE

There are several automatic white balance settings, however we recommend always using
the manual white balance feature. (The manual option is the last option all the way to the right
in the white balance sub-menu. It looks like two small hollow triangles with a solid white
rectangle above.)
You need to white balance your camera every time you begin to shoot. You'll need to repeat this
process every time the lighting changes during your shoot. Especially when you move from indoor
to outdoor shooting. You may notice sometimes that a white object in your shot appears yellow or
blue. This means you need to white balance your image.
When you white balance you're telling the camera what is white so it can adjust all the other colors
in the shot so that they appear correctly on the video. The best way to white balance is to have
someone hold a white piece of paper or poster board and then zoom the camera into that and
follow the instructions below.
An empty white wall and or a blank white shirt will work as well. Just make sure to have no other
color in the viewfinder while doing this process and never white balance off of a highlighted area.
That means never use a shiny object or something that is reflecting the sun or another light source
as your white balance object.
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Zoom the camera into a piece of white paper,
a white wall or something similar. Make sure
that no other color can be seen in the
viewfinder.
• Choose SET EVAL. WB in the white balance
sub-menu.
• Press and hold the SET button.
• The White Balance Symbol will blink
several times and then go solid.
• Release the SET button.
• You should notice that the colors in the
LCD screen have adjusted themselves.
• When you zoom out the colors should look
correct. If not you'll have to repeat the
procedure.
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