White Balance - Canon XA11 Instruction Manual

White Balance

The white balance function helps you to accurately reproduce colors under different lighting
conditions.
Operating modes:
POINTS TO CHECK
• Select a recording program other than the Special Scene recording programs.
1 Open the white balance screen.
[FUNC.] [Ä White Balance]
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2 Touch the desired option and then touch [X].
• When you select [Â Color Temperature], [Æ Set 1] or [Ç Set 2], set the color temperature or a
custom white balance with the appropriate procedure below before touching [X].
• The icon of the selected option will appear on the screen.
To set the color temperature ([Â Color Temperature])
Touch [Ï] or [Ð] to set the desired value.
• You can also drag your finger along the dial.
To set a custom white balance ([Æ Set 1] or [Ç Set 2])
1 Point the camcorder at a gray card or white object so it fills the entire screen.
2 Touch [Set WB].
• When the adjustment is completed, Å stops flashing and disappears. The camcorder will retain
the custom white balance even if you turn it off.
Options
( Default value)
The camcorder automatically sets the white balance for natural looking colors.
[Ã Automatic]
To record outdoors on a bright day.
[¼ Daylight]
To record in shaded places.
[½ Shade]
To record on a cloudy day.
[¾ Cloudy]
To record under warm white, cool white or warm-white-type (3-wavelength)
[¿Fluorescent]
fluorescent lighting.
To record under daylight or daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[À Fluorescent H]
To record under tungsten and tungsten-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
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[ Tungsten]
[Â Color Temperature]
[Æ Set 1], [Ç Set 2]
under colored lighting.
NOTES
• When you select a custom white balance:
- Set [FUNC.] [MENU]
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- Reset the white balance when you change locations or the lighting or other conditions change.
- Depending on the light source, Å may keep flashing. The result will still be better than with
[Ã Automatic].
Allows you to set the color temperature between 2,000 K and 15,000 K.
Use the custom white balance settings to make white subjects appear white
[Digital Zoom] to [j Off].
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