Canon DC40 instruction manual Setting the White Balance

Setting the White Balance

You can choose one of the preset settings to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the setting best suited to your specific recording conditions.

AUTO	Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this
	setting for outdoor scenes.
DAYLIGHT	For recording outdoors on a bright day.
SHADE	For recording in shaded places.
CLOUDY	For recording on a cloudy day.
TUNGSTEN	For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)
	fluorescent lighting.
FLUORESECENT	For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white type
	(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
FLUORESCENT H	For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)
	fluorescent lighting.
SET	Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
	appear white under colored lighting.

White sheet or paper

(if you select SET)

Zoom lever

Mode dial

FUNC. button

Multi Selector

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AUTO

1.Set the camcorder to a recording mode ( or )

and set the mode dial to a position other than or .

2.Press the FUNC. button.

3.First, select () the current white balance symbol from the left side

column and then select ( ) the desired option from the bottom bar.

If you select a white balance setting other than [ SET], continue directly to step 5.

To set the custom white balance when you select [ SET]:

4.Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press ( ).

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