Canon 300HS Custom White Balance, Adjusting the 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

opbuttons or turn the –dial to choose , then press the m button.

	Choose an option.
	∆Press the opbuttons or turn the –dial to
	choose an option, then press the mbutton.
	The setting you chose will appear on the
	screen.
Auto	Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting conditions.
Day Light	Fine weather conditions, outdoor shooting
Cloudy	Cloudy, shady, twilight conditions
Tungsten	Tungsten, bulb-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
Fluorescent	Warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent, warm-white-type
	(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
Fluorescent H	Daylight fluorescent, daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
Custom	Manually sets a custom white balance.

Custom White Balance

You can adjust the white balance to 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 nbutton.

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

If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the tone may not turn out properly.

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