Canon MD140 Manual De Usuario

 Adjusting the Picture: Exposure, Focus and Color

White Balance

The white balance function helps you 
accurately reproduce colors under 
different lighting conditions so that white 
objects will always look truly white in your 
recordings.

POINTS TO CHECK

Mode switch: 

Options



 Default value

* When you select [

SET], do not press 

 and continue instead with the 

procedure below.

T

O

 

SET

 

THE

 

CUSTOM

 

WHITE

 

BALANCE

 

When the adjustment is completed, 

 stops flashing and stays on. The 

camcorder retains the custom setting 
even if you turn off the camcorder.

NOTES

 

When you select the custom white balance 

[

SET]: 

- Make the white balance adjustment in a place 
with sufficient light.
- Set [D.ZOOM] to [

 OFF] (

37).

- Readjust the white balance if the lighting 
conditions change.
- Very rarely and depending on the light source, 

 may keep on flashing instead of staying on. 

Even in that case, the white balance would be 
properly adjusted and the results should be 
better than with [

 AUTO].

 

Custom white balance may provide better 

results in the following cases:
- Changing lighting conditions
- Close-ups
- Subjects in a single color (sky, sea or forest)
- Under mercury lamps and certain types of 
fluorescent lights

(



Settings are automatically set by the 
camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor 
scenes.
[

DAYLIGHT]

For recording outdoors on a bright day.
[

TUNGSTEN]

For recording under tungsten and tungsten 
type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting.
[

SET]

Use the custom white balance for special 
situations not covered by the other options. 
The custom white balance will ensure that 
white subjects appear white under various 
lighting conditions.

FUNC.

Icon of the currently selected 

White Balance

Desired option*

FUNC.

FUNC.

FUNC.

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