Canon PowerShot SX40 HS PowerShot SX40 HS Camera User Guide - Page 58

Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury, Lamps - test

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Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury Lamps When shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, such as night scenes, the subject and background in the recorded image may have a green tint. You can automatically correct the green tint when shooting (Multi-area White Balance). Display the menu. z Press the n button. Choose [Hg Lamp Corr.]. z Move the zoom lever to choose the 4 tab. z Press the op buttons or turn the 5 dial to choose [Hg Lamp Corr.]. Choose a setting. z Press the qr buttons to choose [On]. z Press the n button to complete the setting and restore the shooting screen. X Once set, will appear on the screen. z To turn this function off, follow the Steps above to choose [Off]. • After shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, you should set [Hg Lamp Corr.] to [Off]. If left set to [On], naturally occurring green colors (not from the effects of a mercury lamp) may be accidentally corrected. • Movies cannot be corrected. • Since you may not achieve the expected results depending on the shooting conditions, try taking some test shots first. 58

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When shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, such as night scenes, the
subject and background in the recorded image may have a green tint. You
can automatically correct the green tint when shooting (Multi-area White
Balance).
Display the menu.
z
Press the
n
button.
Choose [Hg Lamp Corr.].
z
Move the zoom lever to choose the
4
tab.
z
Press the
op
buttons or turn the
5
dial
to choose [Hg Lamp Corr.].
Choose a setting.
z
Press the
qr
buttons to choose [On].
z
Press the
n
button to complete the
setting and restore the shooting screen.
X
Once set,
will appear on the screen.
z
To turn this function off, follow the Steps
above to choose [Off].
Correcting the Green Tint from Mercury
Lamps
After shooting scenes lit by mercury lamps, you should set [Hg Lamp
Corr.] to [Off]. If left set to [On], naturally occurring green colors (not from
the effects of a mercury lamp) may be accidentally corrected.
Movies cannot be corrected.
Since you may not achieve the expected results depending on the
shooting conditions, try taking some test shots first.