Setting the White Balance

When the white balance mode is set to match the light source, the camera reproduces colors more accurately.

 

Auto

 

 

Settings are automatically set by the camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight

 

 

For recording outdoors on a bright day

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloudy

 

 

For recording under overcast, shady or twilight skies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tungsten

 

 

For recording under tungsten and bulb-type 3-wavelength fluorescent lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent

 

 

For recording under warm-white, cool-white or warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting

 

 

 

 

Fluorescent H

For recording under daylight fluorescent, or daylight fluorescent-type 3-wavelength fluorescent lighting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash

 

 

For flash photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Custom1

 

 

For setting a custom value with a white sheet of paper, etc., to obtain the optimal white balance

 

 

 

 

for the conditions. There are two custom values: custom1 and custom2.

 

Custom2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Press the

 

 

 

 

/

/

 

 

 

button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Select * (Auto) using C or D on the multicontroller.

* The current setting is displayed.

3 Select the desired setting using B or A on the multicontroller.

Please see the next page regarding the custom setting.

You can shoot the image right after selecting settings by pressing the shutter button. This screen will appear again, once the image in shot.

4 Press the / / button.

5 Shoot the image.

The white balance cannot be adjusted when the photo effect is set to (Sepia) or (B/W).

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Canon S50 manual Setting the White Balance, Select * Auto using C or D on the multicontroller, Press