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Setting the White Balance

The camcorder’s auto white balance system adjusts the colours to appear natural for

different lighting conditions. However, you can use the preset modes to reproduce colours more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting.

the Full Range

of Features

Using

 

Zoom lever

Program selector

White sheet or paper

Selector dial

MENU button

When the program selector is set to [, white balance is preset to [AUTO]. Indoor, outdoor and custom white balance cannot be selected.

The camcorder retains the setting even if you turn it off.

When you have set the custom white balance:

-Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.

-Turn off the digital zoom.

Setting the white balance manually may provide better results in the following cases:

-Changing lighting conditions

-Close-ups

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

-Under mercury lamps or certain types of fluorescent lights

Use the T Indoor or U Outdoor mode in the following cases: T Indoor:

-Changing lighting condition

-Under video light

-Under sodium lamps

UOutdoor:

-For night scenes or fireworks

-Sunrise or sunset

* Use the auto setting for normal outdoor scenes.

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Canon MVX100i, MVX150i instruction manual Setting the White Balance

MVX150i, MVX100i specifications

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