Canon PowerShot G11 PowerShot G11 Camera User Guide - Page 80

Manually Correcting the White Balance

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Adjusting the White Balance If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the tone may not turn out properly. Manually Correcting the White Balance You can manually correct the white balance. This adjustment will have the same effect as using a commercially-available color temperature conversion filter or color compensating filter. Choose the white balance. ● After pressing the m button, press the op buttons to choose , then press the qr buttons or turn the  dial to choose an option. Adjust the setting. ● Press the l button to display the adjustments screen. ● Press the qrop buttons to adjust the level of correction. ● To reset the correction level, press the n button. ● Press the l button to complete the setting. • B stands for blue, A for amber, M for magenta, and G for green. • Even if you change the white balance setting in Step 1 after making adjustments in the correction level, those adjustments will be retained. However, the adjustments will be reset if Custom White Balance data is recorded. • One level of the blue/amber correction is equivalent to 7 mireds of a color temperature conversion filter. (Mired: Measuring unit indicating the density of a color temperature conversion filter.) 80

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Adjusting the White Balance
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Manually Correcting the White Balance
You can manually correct the white balance. This adjustment will have the
same effect as using a commercially-available color temperature conversion
filter or color compensating filter.
Choose the white balance.
After pressing the
m
button, press the
op
buttons to choose
, then press
the
qr
buttons or turn the
Â
dial to
choose an option.
Adjust the setting.
Press the
l
button to display the
adjustments screen.
Press the
qrop
buttons to adjust the
level of correction.
To reset the correction level, press the
n
button.
Press the
l
button to complete the
setting.
If you change camera settings after recording white balance data, the
tone may not turn out properly.
B stands for blue, A for amber, M for magenta, and G for green.
Even if you change the white balance setting in Step 1 after making
adjustments in the correction level, those adjustments will be retained.
However, the adjustments will be reset if Custom White Balance data is
recorded.
One level of the blue/amber correction is equivalent to 7 mireds of a
color temperature conversion filter. (Mired: Measuring unit indicating the
density of a color temperature conversion filter.)