Setting the White Balance. Canon DC100, DC 100, DC95

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 conditions.

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* only. To change the operating mode, refer to About the Operating Modes ( 9).

Mode switch:

AUTO

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Options

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[ AUTO]

DAYLIGHT]

SHADE]

CLOUDY]

TUNGSTEN]

FLUORESCENT]

Settings are automatically set by the camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor scenes.

For recording outdoors on a bright day.

For recording in shaded places.

For recording on a cloudy day.

For recording under tungsten and tungsten type

(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.

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.

[ SET] Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects appear white under colored lighting.

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White Balance icon

Desired option*

* To set the custom white balance when you select [ SET]:

1. 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 stops flashing.

2. Press

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to save the setting and close the menu.

 Depending on the type of fluorescent light, optimal color balance may not be obtained with [ FLUORESCENT] or [ FLUORESCENT H]. If the color looks unnatural, adjust it using [ AUTO] or [ SET].

 When you have set the custom white balance:

- Depending on the light source, may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with [ AUTO].

- Reset the white balance when the lighting condition changes.

- Turn off the digital zoom.

 The camcorder retains the custom white balance setting even if you turn it off.

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 Custom white balance 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 and certain types of fluorescent lights