Setting the white balance – Canon DC40 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.
1. Set the camcorder to a recording mode (
or
)
and set the mode dial to a position other than
or
.
2. Press the FUNC. button.
3. First, select (
) the current white balance symbol from the left side
column and then select (
) the desired option from the bottom bar.
If you select a white balance setting other than [
SET], continue directly to step 5.
To set the custom white balance when you select [
SET]:
4. Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole
screen and press (
).
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.
FLUORESECENT
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.
AUTO
White sheet or paper
(if you select
SET)
Multi Selector
Zoom lever
FUNC. button
Mode dial