Canon DC420 - Manual (Page 41)

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• During focus lock, press and
push the joystick ( ) toward
[FOCUS] again to return the
camcorder to autofocus.
Infinity Focus
Use this function when you wish to
focus on faraway subjects such as
mountains or fireworks.
Instead of step 2 in the previous
procedure:
Push the joystick (
) toward
[FOCUS] and hold it for more than 2
seconds.
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• Push the joystick ( ) toward
[FOCUS] again to return the
camcorder to autofocus.
• If you operate the zoom or joystick
( ), changes to “MF” and the
camcorder returns to manual focus.
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.
POINTS TO CHECK
Mode switch: (except for the Special
Scene recording programs).
Options 
Default value
[ AUTO] Desired option*
* When you select [ SET], do not press
and continue instead with the
following procedure.
1 Point the camcorder at a white
object, zoom in until it fills the
whole screen and press
.
When the adjustment is completed,
stops flashing and stays on.
2 Press to save the setting
and close the menu.
The camcorder retains the custom
setting even if you turn off the
camcorder.
NOTES
• When you select the custom white balance:
- Set the custom white balance in a
sufficiently illuminated place.
- Select a zoom type other than
[ DIGITAL] ( 30).
- Reset the white balance when the
lighting conditions change.
- Depending on the light source, may
keep flashing. The result will still be
better than with [
AUTO].
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[ AUTO]

The camcorder automatically sets the white
balance for natural looking colors.
[ DAYLIGHT]
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[ TUNGSTEN]
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ SET]
Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored
lighting.
T O SET THE CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE
FUNC.
FUNC.
FUNC.
FUNC.