Canon S50 manual Setting a Custom White Balance, Select Auto using C or D on Multicontroller

Setting a Custom White Balance

You can set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting for the shooting conditions by having the camera evaluate a subject such as a white piece of paper or cloth, or a photo-quality gray card. You can set two types of settings.

1 Press the	/	/	button.
Select	* (Auto) using C or D on the
2 multicontroller.

* The current setting is displayed.

3 Select (Custom1) or (Custom2) using B or A on the multicontroller.

4 Aim the camera at the white paper or

cloth, or gray card and press .

•Aim the camera so that the white paper or cloth, or gray card, completely fills the frame on the LCD monitor screen or the entire viewfinder

before pressing . When you press , the camera reads the white balance data.

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

5 Press the / / button.

6 Shoot the image.

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