Canon EOS 5DS, Instruction Manual

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White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white. Normally,
the Auto [
Q
] (Ambience priority) or [
Q
w ] (White priority) setting will
obtain the correct white balance. If natural-looking colors cannot be
obtained with Auto, you can select the white balance to match the light
source or set it manually by shooting a white object.
<
A
> is automatically set in the [
Q
] (Ambience priority) mode.
1
Press the <
n
> button.
(
9
)
2
Select a white balance setting.
While looking at the LCD panel or in
the viewfinder, turn the <
5
> dial.
(Approx.)
* Applicable with Speedlites having a color temperature transmission function.
Otherwise, it will be fixed to approx. 6000 K.
B
: Setting the White Balance
N
Display Mode Color Temperature (K: Kelvin)
Q
Auto (Ambience priority, p.175)
3000-7000
Q
w Auto (White priority, p.175)
W
Daylight 5200
E
Shade 7000
R
Cloudy, twilight, sunset 6000
Y
Tungsten light 3200
U
White fluorescent light 4000
D
Flash use Automatically set*
O
Custom (p.176) 2000-10000
P
Color temperature (p.178) 2500-10000
You can also set this with [
z
2: White balance ].