Canon HF S20, HF S21 manual WhiteBalance

WhiteBalance

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: 1

_ POINTSTOCHECK

•Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro- grams.

*When you select [_ Custom WB], Set the custom white balance with the follow- ing 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, _. stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.

Options	(* Default	value)
[A_ Automatic]*			The camcorder automatically sets the white bal-
	ance for natural looking colors.
[_	Daylight]	To record outdoors			on a bright day.
[_,	Shade]	To record		in shaded	places.
[_I_ Cloudy]		To record		on a cloudy day.
[_	Fluorescent]		To record under		warm	white, cool white or warm-
	white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[,',_Fluorescent H] To record under daylight or daylight-type
	(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[',.8,Tungsten]-'-			To record under tungsten			and tungsten-type
	(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[_	Custom WB]		Use the custom		white balance setting to make
	white subjects appear white under colored lighting.

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