Setting the White Balance

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The camcorder’s auto white balance system adjusts the colors to appear natural for different lighting conditions. However, you can use the preset modes to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a custom white balance to obtain the optimal setting.

Zoom lever

White sheet or paper

Program selector

Selector dial

When the program selector is set to [, white balance is preset to [AUTO].

Indoor, outdoor and custom white balance cannot be selected.

The camcorder retains the setting even if you turn it off.

When you have set the custom white balance:

-Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.

-Turn off the digital zoom.

Setting the white balance manually may provide better results in the following cases.

-Changing lighting conditions

-Close-ups

-Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)

-Under mercury lamps or certain types of fluorescent lights

Use the T Indoor or U Outdoor mode in the following cases: T Indoor:

-Changing lighting condition

-Under video light

-Under sodium lamps

U Outdoor Mode

-For night scenes or fireworks

-Sunrise or sunset

* Use the auto setting for normal outdoor scenes.

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Canon ZR70 MC instruction manual Setting the White Balance

ZR70 MC specifications

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