Canon A3000 IS manual Adjusting the White Balance, Custom White Balance, Choose the white balance

Adjusting the White Balance

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

	1 Choose the white balance
	function.
	● After pressing the mbutton, press the op
	buttons to choose	.
	2 Choose an option.
	● Press the qr buttons to choose an option,
	then press the m button.
	X The setting you chose will display 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.

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●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 l button.

XThe tint on the screen will change after recording the white balance data.

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