Canon 85IS manual Press Button, 100

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2 Aim the camera at a piece of white paper or cloth

and press the button.

•Display the white paper or cloth so that it fills the entire LCD monitor. Please note that the center frame will not appear when the digital zoom is in use or displays.

•You can also use the optical viewfinder to retain white color data.

3 Press the button.

z You are recommended to set the shooting mode to and the exposure compensation setting to [±0] before setting a custom white balance.

The correct white balance may not be obtained when the exposure setting is incorrect (image appears completely black or white).

zShoot with the same settings as when reading the white balance data. If the settings differ, the optimal white balance may not be set.

In particular, the following should not be changed.

-ISO Speed

-Flash

Setting the flash to or is recommended. If the flash fires when reading the white balance data with the flash set to , make sure that you also use the flash when you shoot.

zSince the white balance data cannot be read in Stitch Assist mode, preset the white balance in another shooting mode beforehand.

zWhite balance data is retained even if the camera’s power is turned off.