Canon VIXIA HF R400 Instruction Manual - Page 83

White Balance

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- Touching any of the following control buttons in the [ Functions] panel: [Ä White Balance], [R Faders] or [Ò Decoration]. - Opening the [ Other Settings] menus. - Changing the shooting mode. Main 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: SCN > [Ä White Balance] > Desired option* > [X] * When you select [Å Custom WB], set the custom white balance with the following procedure before touching [X]. 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, Å stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off. Options ( Default value) [à Automatic] The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors. [¼ Daylight] To record outdoors. [É Tungsten] To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting. [Å Custom WB] Use the custom white balance setting to make white subjects appear white under colored lighting. Advanced Shooting Š 83

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Advanced Shooting
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- Touching any of the following control buttons in the [
Main
Functions] panel: [
Ä
White Balance], [
R
Faders] or
[
Ò
Decoration].
- Opening the [
Other Settings] menus.
- Changing the shooting mode.
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:
*
When you select [
Å
Custom WB],
s
et the custom white balance with the fol-
lowing procedure before touching [
X
].
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,
Å
stops flashing and disappears.
The camcorder will retain the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
Options
(
Default value)
SCN
[
Ã
Automatic]
The camcorder automatically sets the white bal-
ance for natural looking colors.
[
¼
Daylight]
To record outdoors.
[
É
Tungsten]
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[
Å
Custom WB]
Use the custom white balance setting to make
white subjects appear white under colored lighting.
>
[
Ä
White Balance]
>
Desired option*
>
[
X
]