Canon DC20 - Setting the White Balance

Setting the White Balance
You can choose one of the preset settings to reproduce colors more accurately, or set a
custom white balance to obtain the setting best suited to
your specific recording IEl
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Settings are automatically set by the camcorder.
~~ DAYLIGHT
For recording outdoors on a bright day.
e~SHADE
For recording in shaded places.
.J,CLOUDY
For recording on a cloudy day.
;t, TUNGSTEN
For recording under tungsten and tungsten type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
~ FLUORESECENT
For recording under warm white, cool white or warm white type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
~ FLUORESCENT H
For recording under daylight or daylight type (3-wavelength)
fluorescent lighting.
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Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects
appear white under colored lighting.
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1. Set the camcorder to a recording mode «(CAMERA·~") or (CAMERA·.Q))
and move the mode switch to P.
2. Press the FUNC. button.
3. First, select (.T) the current white balance symbol from the left side
column and then select (
......... ) the desired option from the bottom bar.
4. If you select the custom white balance
["'-Ll SET]: Point the camcorder
at a white object, zoom
in until it fills the whole screen and press (§ ).
• Keep the camcorder zoomed at the white object until step 5 is completed.
•
",--..., flashes and stops flashing when the adjustment is complete.
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