Canon PowerShot G11 PowerShot G11 Camera User Guide - Page 79

Adjusting the White Balance The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural looking colors. Choose the white balance. ● After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose . Choose an option. ● Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to choose an option, then press the m button. X The setting you chose will display on the screen. Auto Automatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting conditions. Day Light Fine weather conditions, outdoor shooting Cloudy Cloudy, shady, twilight conditions Tungsten Tungsten, bulb-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting Fluorescent Warm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent, warm-whitetype (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting Fluorescent H Daylight fluorescent, daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting h Flash When shooting with the flash. S Underwater Sets the optimal white balance for shooting underwater. Reduces blue tones to produce natural, vibrant hues. Custom Manually sets a custom white balance. Custom White Balance You can adjust the white balance to the light source at the shooting location. Make sure that you set the white balance under the light source of the actual scene you will shoot. ● In Step 2 above, choose or . ● Make sure the entire screen is filled with a white colored subject, then press the n button (Press the l button when in 8 mode). X The tint on the screen will change when a white balance data is set. 79