Canon 9685A001AA PowerShot G6 Camera User Guide - Page 99

Adjusting the Tone White Balance

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Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects Adjusting the Tone (White Balance) Mode Dial When the white balance mode is set to match the light source, the camera reproduces colors more accurately. AWB ( ( ( ( ( ) Auto Settings are automatically set by the camera Daylight For recording outdoors on a bright day Cloudy For recording under overcast, shady or twilight skies Tungsten For recording under tungsten and bulb-type 3-wavelength fluorescent lighting Fluorescent For recording under warm-white, cool-white or warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting For recording under daylight fluorescent, or ) Fluorescent H daylight fluorescent-type 3-wavelength fluorescent lighting ) Flash For flash photography ) Custom1 For setting a custom value with a white sheet of paper, etc., to obtain the optimal white ) Custom2 balance for the conditions. There are two custom values: custom1 and custom2. The icons in parentheses are the ones on the display panel. (Shown only when there is a difference between the display panel icon and LCD monitor.) 1 Press WB (T on the omni selector). z The current white balance mode will appear on the display panel and the white balance setting menu will appear on the LCD monitor if it is on. 95

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Shooting – Selecting Particular Effects
Adjusting the Tone (White Balance)
When the white balance mode is set to match the light source, the
camera reproduces colors more accurately.
The icons in parentheses are the ones on the display panel. (Shown only
when there is a difference between the display panel icon and LCD monitor.)
Mode Dial
AWB (
)
Auto
Settings are automatically set by the camera
Daylight
For recording outdoors on a bright day
Cloudy
For recording under overcast, shady or twilight
skies
Tungsten
For recording under tungsten and bulb-type
3-wavelength fluorescent lighting
Fluorescent
For recording under warm-white, cool-white or
warm-white (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
(
)
Fluorescent H
For recording under daylight fluorescent, or
daylight fluorescent-type 3-wavelength
fluorescent lighting
(
)
Flash
For flash photography
(
)
Custom1
For setting a custom value with a white sheet
of paper, etc., to obtain the optimal white
balance for the conditions. There are two
custom values: custom1 and custom2.
(
)
Custom2
1
Press WB (
on the omni selector).
The current white balance mode will appear on the display panel
and the white balance setting menu will appear on the LCD
monitor if it is on.