Canon VIXIA GX10, Instruction Manual

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White Balance
W hite Balance
The white balance function helps you to produce accurate colors under different lighting conditions. This function
can only be used when the shooting mode is set to
’
,
‚
,
“
or
n
.
You can also adjust the white balance remotely using Browser Remote on a connected network device (
A
111,
116).
1 S elect [ White Balance].
[FUNC]
>
[ White Balance]
2 Touch the de s ired option and then touch [
X
].
• If you selected [ Color Temperature], [ Set 1] or [ Set 2] and wish to change the color temperature
value or register a new custom white balance, continue with the appropriate procedure below instead of
touching [
X
].
• The icon of the selected option will appear at the left of the screen.
To s et the color temperature ([ Color Temperature])
3 Touch [
i
].
• An adjustment dial will appear on the screen.
4 Drag your finger along the dial to s et the color temperature value.
5 Touch [
X
].
To s et a cu s tom white balance ([ S et 1] or [ S et 2])
3 Touch [
i
].
4 Point the camcorder at a gray card or white object s o that it fill s the frame at the center of the s creen
and then touch [ S et WB].
• When the
Å
icon stops flashing, the procedure is completed. The setting is retained even if you turn of f the
camcorder.
5 Touch [
X
].
Options
Operating modes:
[
Ã
Automatic]:
The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.
[
¼
Daylight]: To record outdoors on a bright day.
[
É
Tungsten]:
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[ Color Temperature]:
Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.
[ Set 1], [ Se t 2]:
Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white under colored
lighting.