Canon CANON EOS 1100D, Basic Instruction Manual

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: Matching the Light Source
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2
Select [Custom White Balance].
Under the [
2
] tab, select [ Custom
White Balance ], then press <
0
>.
The custom white balance selection
screen will appear.
3 Import the white balance data.
Select the image that was captured in
step 1, then press <
0
>.
On the dialog screen which appears,
select [
OK ] and the data will be
imported.
When the menu reappears, press the
<
M
> button to exit the menu.
4
Select the custom white balance.
Press the <
X
B
> button.
Select [
O
], then press <
0
>.
If he exposure obtained in step 1 is way off, a correct white balance
might not be obtained.
If he image was captured while he Picture Style was set to
[
Monochrome ] (p.80), it cannot be selected in step 3.
Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card (commercially available) can
produce a more accurate white balance.
The personal white balance registered with EOS Utility (provided
software, p 270) will be registered under <
O
>. If you do step 3, the data
for the registered personal white balance will be erased.