Canon VIXIA HF R42 - Manual (Page 83)

Advanced Shooting
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- Changing the shooting mode.
White Balance
The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors
under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look
truly white in your recordings.
Operating modes:
* When you select [Å Custom WB], s et the custom white balance with the fol-
lowing procedure before touching [X].
To set the custom white balance
Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen,
and touch [Set WB].
When the adjustment is completed, Å stops flashing and disappears.
The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
Options (
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Default value)
NOTES
• When you select the custom white balance:
- Set > [Zoom Type] (A 48) to [ Optical].
- Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or
other conditions change.
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[ à Automatic] 
The camcorder automatically sets the white bal-
ance for natural looking colors.
[ ¼ Daylight]
To record outdoors.
[ É Tungsten]
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Å Custom WB]
Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored lighting.
> [Ä White Balance] > Desired option* > [X]
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