Canon S31S appendix Using the Custom White Balance, FUNC. Menu * Auto Custom, Press the SET button

Using the Custom White Balance

You can set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting for the shooting conditions by having the camera evaluate an object, such as a piece of white paper or cloth that you wish to establish as the standard white color.

In particular, take a custom white balance reading for the following situations that are difficult for the _ (Auto) setting to detect correctly.

•Shooting close-ups

•Shooting subjects of monotone color (such as sky, sea or forest)

•Shooting with a peculiar source of light (such as a mercury-vapor lamp)

1 FUNC. Menu _* (Auto) '_

(Custom).

See Menus and Settings (p. 26)

*Default setting.

2 Aim the camera at a piece of white paper or cloth and

press the SET button.

OAim the camera so that the white reference paper or cloth completely fills the center of the frame.

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