White balance, Matching the light source – Canon EOS Rebel SL3 DSLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens (Black) User Manual

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Matching the Light Source

White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white. Normally, the

Auto

[

Q

]

(Ambience priority) or

[

Q

w]

(White priority) setting will obtain

the correct white balance. If natural-looking colors cannot be obtained with

Auto, you can select the white balance to match the light source or set it

manually by shooting a white object.

In Basic Zone modes,

[

Q

]

(Ambience priority) is set automatically. (In the

<

P

> mode,

[

Q

w]

(White priority) is set.)

1

Select [White balance].

z

Under the

[

z

]

tab, select

[White

balance]

, then press <

0

>.

B

[White balance]

will appear.

2

Select a white balance setting.

z

Select the desired setting, then press

<

0

>.

z

The “Approx. ****K” (K: Kelvin)

displayed for the white balance settings

<

W

>, <

E

>, <

R

>, <

Y

> or <

U

>

is the respective color temperature to

be set.

White Balance

To the human eye, a white object looks white regardless of the type of

lighting. With a digital camera, the white for color correction basis is decided

depending on the color temperature of the illumination, and then the color

is adjusted with software to make the white areas look white. With this

function, you can take the pictures with natural color tones.

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