Canon HFM307, HFM36 Image Effects, NOTES, Touch, -Close-ups, POINTS TO CHECK, Operating modes:, Depending on the light source, -Changing lighting conditions

NOTES

•When you select the custom white balance:

-Set 78[Digital Zoom] to [BOff].

-Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or other conditions change.

-Depending on the light source, gmay keep flashing. The result will still be better than with [YAutomatic].

•Custom white balance may provide better results in the following cases:

-Changing lighting conditions

-Close-ups

-Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)

-Under mercury lamps and certain types of fluorescent lights

•Depending on the type of fluorescent light, optimal color balance may not be obtained with [eFluorescent] or [fFluorescent H]. If the color looks unnatural, select [YAutomatic] or [gCustom WB].

Image Effects

You can use the image effects to change the color saturation and contrast to record movies and photos with special color effects.

Operating modes:

POINTS TO CHECK

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

[FUNC.] 8[MENU] 87/88[Image Effects] 8 Desired option* 8[a]

*When you select [ZCustom Effect], set the custom image effect with the follow- ing procedure before touching [a].

To set the custom image effect

1 Touch [U], [V] or [W] to set the desired [Color Depth] level.

2Touch [y] or [A] to select [Sharpness], [Contrast] and [Brightness] and adjust their levels the same way.

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