Canon HF S20, HF S200, HF S21 Options, [bShade], [cCloudy], Automatic], [aDaylight], [dTungsten], [gCustom WB], [eFluorescent], [fFluorescent H], To set the custom white balance

White Balance

The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look truly white in your recordings.

Operating modes:

POINTS TO CHECK

•Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording pro- grams.

[FUNC.] 8[mWhite Balance] 8Desired option* 8[a]

*When you select [gCustom WB], set the custom white balance with the follow- ing procedure before touching [a].

To set the custom white balance

Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen, and touch [Set WB].

When the adjustment is completed, g stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.

Options ( Default value)

[YAutomatic] The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.

[aDaylight] To record outdoors on a bright day. [bShade] To record in shaded places.

[cCloudy] To record on a cloudy day.

[eFluorescent] To record under warm white, cool white or warm- white-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[fFluorescent H] To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[dTungsten] To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

[gCustom WB] Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects appear white under colored lighting.

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