Setting the white balance – Canon DC100 EN User Manual

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Setting the White Balance

You can choose one of the preset settings to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a
custom white balance to obtain the setting best suited to your specific recording
conditions.

To change the operating mode, refer to About the Operating Modes (

11).

Mode switch:

Options

* To set the custom white balance when you select [

SET]:

1. Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole

screen and press (

).

Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until

stops flashing.

2. Press

to save the setting and close the menu.

 Depending on the type of fluorescent light, optimal color balance may not be

obtained with [

FLUORESCENT] or [

FLUORESCENT H]. If the color looks

unnatural, adjust it using [

AUTO] or [

SET].

 When you have set the custom white balance:

- Depending on the light source,

may keep flashing. The result will still be

better than with [

AUTO].

- Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.
- Turn off the digital zoom.

 The camcorder retains the custom white balance setting even if you turn it off.

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AUTO

[

AUTO]

Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this
setting for outdoor scenes.

[

DAYLIGHT]

For recording outdoors on a bright day.

[

SHADE]

For recording in shaded places.

[

CLOUDY]

For recording on a cloudy day.

[

TUNGSTEN]

For recording under tungsten and tungsten type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[

FLUORESCENT]

For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[

FLUORESCENT H] For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)

fluorescent lighting.

[

SET]

Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.

White Balance icon

Desired option*

FUNC.

FUNC.

FUNC.

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