Canon VIXIA HF M30 VIXIA HF M30 / HF M31 / HF M300 Instruction Manual - Page 76

White Balance The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting conditions so that white objects will always look truly white in your recordings. Operating modes: POINTS TO CHECK • Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording programs. [FUNC.] 8 [m White Balance] 8 Desired option* 8 [a] * When you select [g Custom WB], set the custom white balance with the follow- ing procedure before touching [a]. To set the custom white balance Point the camcorder at a white object, so it fills the whole screen, and touch [Set WB]. When the adjustment is completed, g stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off. Options ( Default value) [Y Automatic] The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors. [a Daylight] To record outdoors on a bright day. [b Shade] To record in shaded places. [c Cloudy] To record on a cloudy day. [e Fluorescent] To record under warm white, cool white or warmwhite-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting. [f Fluorescent H] To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting. [d Tungsten] To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting. [g Custom WB] Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects appear white under colored lighting. 76 Š Video