Canon 117 HS Adjusting the White Balance, Custom White Balance, Choose the white balance function

Adjusting the White Balance

The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural looking colors to match the shooting conditions.

Choose the white balance function.

After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose , then press the m button again.

Choose an option.

Press the op buttons to choose an option, then press the m button.

The setting will appear on the screen.

Auto	Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting
	conditions.
Day Light	For shooting outdoors, in fine weather conditions.
Cloudy	For shooting in cloudy, shady or twilight conditions.
Tungsten	For shooting under tungsten and bulb-type (3-wavelength)
	fluorescent lighting.
	For shooting under warm-white fluorescent, cool-white
Fluorescent	fluorescent and warm-white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent
	lighting.
Fluorescent H	For shooting under daylight fluorescent and daylight-type (3-
	wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
Custom	For manually setting a custom white balance.

Custom White Balance

You can adjust the white balance to match the light source at the shooting location. Make sure that you set the white balance under the light source of the actual scene you will shoot.

In Step 2 above, choose .

Make sure the entire screen is filled with a plain, white colored subject, then press the

n button.

The tint on the screen will change when white balance data is set.

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