Canon S1 instruction manual Setting the White Balance, Auto

Setting the White Balance

You can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting.

AUTO	Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
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

Zoom lever

Mode dial

SET dial

FUNC. button

E

Changing the Settings	Advanced Functions
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Available only in the and modes.

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AUTO

1.Set the mode dial to .

2.Press the FUNC. button and after selecting the White Balance symbol press the SET dial.

3.Turn the SET dial to choose the desired setting and press the SET dial.

The symbol of the current setting is displayed.

4.When you have selected [ SET]: Point the camcorder at a white object, zoom in until it fills the whole screen and press the SET dial.

•Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 5 is completed.

• flashes and stops flashing when adjustment is complete.

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