Canon SD850 IS manual Using the Custom White Balance, FUNC. Menu* Auto Custom

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, or a photo-quality gray card 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.

eShooting close-ups

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

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

FUNC. Menu_[]* (Auto)_[] (Custom).

See Menus and Settings (p. 22).

* Default setting.

Aim the camera at a piece of white

paper or cloth and press _.

elf you are viewing it with the LCD monitor, ensure that the center frame is completely filled with the white image, tf you are using the optical viewfinder, ensure that the entire field is filled. However, the center frame will not display when using the digital zoom.

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